Piltown, Co. Kilkenny

Solar panels in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny

Solar PV on a roof, with the inverter and the connection to the house supply. Post your task free and professionals working in Piltown reply with their own price. You choose, and pay them directly.

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County Kilkenny: 40.5% of households here are in dwellings built before 1981.

Whether this needs a licence in Ireland

Ireland

Licence required

Registered Electrical Contractor (Safe Electric)

Registered Electrical Contractor (Safe Electric), issued or supervised by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. Ask for the registration number before the work starts and check it on the public register. Check the register: www.safeelectric.ie

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Commission for Regulation of Utilitieswww.safeelectric.ieChecked 11/10/2026

Solar panels near Piltown

Solar panels: what the job involves

Fitting solar photovoltaic panels on the roof (or on the ground nearby), with an inverter, often a battery, and a connection to the house supply, so the home makes some of its own electricity and can sell the surplus to its supplier. A registered electrician must connect it and ESB Networks must be told.

How long it takes: Usually one to two days on site; longer for a split array across two roofs, a battery in an awkward place or a fuse board change.

The full guide to solar panels — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.

What solar panels in Piltown costs, and why

What jobs on Talqero came to

Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.

What affects the price

System size in kWp and the number of panels
A battery, and its capacity
Roof type, height and access, and whether scaffolding is needed
Cable run from the roof to the inverter and fuse board
Condition of the existing fuse board
Extras: immersion diverter, EV charger readiness, bird mesh
VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.

County Kilkenny: what the figures say

40.5% of households in County Kilkenny live in homes built before 1981 — close to the national figure of 40.7%, and the 10th highest share of the 26 counties.
Homes of that age were built before modern insulation standards and usually gain most from attic and wall insulation — and SEAI’s attic and wall grants cover homes built and occupied before 2011.
Central Statistics Office, 2022

Rules and grants for solar panels

The rules in Ireland

Grant-aided insulation must be done by a contractor on SEAI’s register, after grant approval, with a BER afterwards.

Use a contractor on SEAI’s register and get grant approval before any work starts — work begun before approval is not grant-aided.
The grant must be drawn down within eight months of the offer, and a BER by a registered assessor after the works is required (SEAI contributes €50 towards it).
Since 27 July 2026, external wall insulation of up to 15 cm is exempt from planning permission.

Sources · checked 9 October 2026

What to ask before you choose

Are you on SEAI’s contractor register for this measure?
Have I got grant approval in place before you start?
What ventilation will the house need afterwards?
Who arranges the BER after the works?
Is VAT included?

What the work usually involves

Internal dry-lining of external walls
Attic and cavity insulation
Draught-proofing
Work towards a better BER

What to put in your task

The type and rough age of the house
Which rooms or walls
Your current BER, if you have one
Whether you are applying for a grant

County Kilkenny in figures

Active construction enterprises: 1,351; Central Statistics Office, 2023
Homes built before 1981: 40.5%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by natural gas: 21.3%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by oil: 54.3%; Central Statistics Office, 2022
Households: 36,685; Central Statistics Office, 2022

Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.

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