Financing New Solar Install…. Any advice?

[Eugene]

[quote]It would be like going to the restaurant with your own food and say cook it for me. [/quote]

Most people do cook their own food.

[quote]Like I said, you can build your own house too; and you don’t need a contractor’s license to work on your own property.[/quote]

Sadly, that’s not always true. For example, you can’t drill a well on your own property in CA (you need a specialized well driller contractor license, which costs ~$400).

[briansd1]

[quote=Eugene] For example, you can’t drill a well on your own property in CA (you need a specialized well driller contractor license, which costs ~$400).[/quote]

Is that to rent and/or operate the equipment, or to dig the hole itself?

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Eugene, you seem to be pretty handy.

I need to fix my dad’s roll-up garage door. One of the springs up there is broken. Where can you purchase those springs and the tools to wind the springs? (Home Depot only sells the parts for the one-piece flip up garage doors).

When my brother’s AC went out, the repairman wanted to charge him $400 to replace the capacitor. Through a buddy who’s a contractor he got a new one for $10 and replaced it himself.

[briansd1]

[quote=Eugene] For example, you can’t drill a well on your own property in CA (you need a specialized well driller contractor license, which costs ~$400).[/quote]

Is that to rent and/or operate the equipment, or to dig the hole itself?

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Eugene, you seem to be pretty handy.

I need to fix my dad’s roll-up garage door. One of the springs up there is broken. Where can you purchase those springs and the tools to wind the springs? (Home Depot only sells the parts for the one-piece flip up garage doors).

When my brother’s AC went out, the repairman wanted to charge him $400 to replace the capacitor. Through a buddy who’s a contractor he got a new one for $10 and replaced it himself.

[briansd1]

[quote=Eugene] For example, you can’t drill a well on your own property in CA (you need a specialized well driller contractor license, which costs ~$400).[/quote]

Is that to rent and/or operate the equipment, or to dig the hole itself?

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Eugene, you seem to be pretty handy.

I need to fix my dad’s roll-up garage door. One of the springs up there is broken. Where can you purchase those springs and the tools to wind the springs? (Home Depot only sells the parts for the one-piece flip up garage doors).

When my brother’s AC went out, the repairman wanted to charge him $400 to replace the capacitor. Through a buddy who’s a contractor he got a new one for $10 and replaced it himself.

[briansd1]

[quote=Eugene] For example, you can’t drill a well on your own property in CA (you need a specialized well driller contractor license, which costs ~$400).[/quote]

Is that to rent and/or operate the equipment, or to dig the hole itself?

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Eugene, you seem to be pretty handy.

I need to fix my dad’s roll-up garage door. One of the springs up there is broken. Where can you purchase those springs and the tools to wind the springs? (Home Depot only sells the parts for the one-piece flip up garage doors).

When my brother’s AC went out, the repairman wanted to charge him $400 to replace the capacitor. Through a buddy who’s a contractor he got a new one for $10 and replaced it himself.

[briansd1]

[quote=Eugene] For example, you can’t drill a well on your own property in CA (you need a specialized well driller contractor license, which costs ~$400).[/quote]

Is that to rent and/or operate the equipment, or to dig the hole itself?

*

Eugene, you seem to be pretty handy.

I need to fix my dad’s roll-up garage door. One of the springs up there is broken. Where can you purchase those springs and the tools to wind the springs? (Home Depot only sells the parts for the one-piece flip up garage doors).

When my brother’s AC went out, the repairman wanted to charge him $400 to replace the capacitor. Through a buddy who’s a contractor he got a new one for $10 and replaced it himself.

[NotCranky]

We paid $300 for a permit to drill in 2004. My 6″ diameter well cost $12 per foot + $5 per foot for liner. It is 300″ deep. I built my own pump house installed storage tanks, pumps, water lines and 2hp pressurization system. Not including labor(since there was none) it was about 15K for the system and 5k for the well.I agressively shopped down the prices of everything… it could have easily be 5k more. The well driller’s price was not negotiated as they were very busy at the time.

I don’t know what other people pay to hire a qualified contractor to do what I did. I think it is quite a lot with all the Mechanical/electrical/plumbing and even trenching, which for the distances I covered, on a rented back-hoe, can add up. Frequently, labor equals or exceeds the cost of materials on these types of jobs.

I would answer your question on the garage door, brian, but I don’t know.

[NotCranky]

We paid $300 for a permit to drill in 2004. My 6″ diameter well cost $12 per foot + $5 per foot for liner. It is 300″ deep. I built my own pump house installed storage tanks, pumps, water lines and 2hp pressurization system. Not including labor(since there was none) it was about 15K for the system and 5k for the well.I agressively shopped down the prices of everything… it could have easily be 5k more. The well driller’s price was not negotiated as they were very busy at the time.

I don’t know what other people pay to hire a qualified contractor to do what I did. I think it is quite a lot with all the Mechanical/electrical/plumbing and even trenching, which for the distances I covered, on a rented back-hoe, can add up. Frequently, labor equals or exceeds the cost of materials on these types of jobs.

I would answer your question on the garage door, brian, but I don’t know.

[NotCranky]

We paid $300 for a permit to drill in 2004. My 6″ diameter well cost $12 per foot + $5 per foot for liner. It is 300″ deep. I built my own pump house installed storage tanks, pumps, water lines and 2hp pressurization system. Not including labor(since there was none) it was about 15K for the system and 5k for the well.I agressively shopped down the prices of everything… it could have easily be 5k more. The well driller’s price was not negotiated as they were very busy at the time.

I don’t know what other people pay to hire a qualified contractor to do what I did. I think it is quite a lot with all the Mechanical/electrical/plumbing and even trenching, which for the distances I covered, on a rented back-hoe, can add up. Frequently, labor equals or exceeds the cost of materials on these types of jobs.

I would answer your question on the garage door, brian, but I don’t know.

[NotCranky]

We paid $300 for a permit to drill in 2004. My 6″ diameter well cost $12 per foot + $5 per foot for liner. It is 300″ deep. I built my own pump house installed storage tanks, pumps, water lines and 2hp pressurization system. Not including labor(since there was none) it was about 15K for the system and 5k for the well.I agressively shopped down the prices of everything… it could have easily be 5k more. The well driller’s price was not negotiated as they were very busy at the time.

I don’t know what other people pay to hire a qualified contractor to do what I did. I think it is quite a lot with all the Mechanical/electrical/plumbing and even trenching, which for the distances I covered, on a rented back-hoe, can add up. Frequently, labor equals or exceeds the cost of materials on these types of jobs.

I would answer your question on the garage door, brian, but I don’t know.

[NotCranky]

We paid $300 for a permit to drill in 2004. My 6″ diameter well cost $12 per foot + $5 per foot for liner. It is 300″ deep. I built my own pump house installed storage tanks, pumps, water lines and 2hp pressurization system. Not including labor(since there was none) it was about 15K for the system and 5k for the well.I agressively shopped down the prices of everything… it could have easily be 5k more. The well driller’s price was not negotiated as they were very busy at the time.

I don’t know what other people pay to hire a qualified contractor to do what I did. I think it is quite a lot with all the Mechanical/electrical/plumbing and even trenching, which for the distances I covered, on a rented back-hoe, can add up. Frequently, labor equals or exceeds the cost of materials on these types of jobs.

I would answer your question on the garage door, brian, but I don’t know.

[Aecetia]

I agree with the do it yourself for cost savings if you have the ability and I totally support that. There are a many rebates and tax credits that make solar more affordable at this time:

AB 920 requires utility companies to pay households or businesses for any extra electricity produced by the customer’s solar power system. Supporters said the bill would encourage customers, who previously had no incentive to use less electricity than was generated, to be more efficient.

SB 32 expands the feed-in tariff program for large-scale solar facilities from 1.5 megawatts to 3 megawatts, potentially pushing utilities to construct massive solar installations on unused spaces like parking lots and warehouse roofs.

[Aecetia]

I agree with the do it yourself for cost savings if you have the ability and I totally support that. There are a many rebates and tax credits that make solar more affordable at this time:

AB 920 requires utility companies to pay households or businesses for any extra electricity produced by the customer’s solar power system. Supporters said the bill would encourage customers, who previously had no incentive to use less electricity than was generated, to be more efficient.

SB 32 expands the feed-in tariff program for large-scale solar facilities from 1.5 megawatts to 3 megawatts, potentially pushing utilities to construct massive solar installations on unused spaces like parking lots and warehouse roofs.

[Aecetia]

I agree with the do it yourself for cost savings if you have the ability and I totally support that. There are a many rebates and tax credits that make solar more affordable at this time:

AB 920 requires utility companies to pay households or businesses for any extra electricity produced by the customer’s solar power system. Supporters said the bill would encourage customers, who previously had no incentive to use less electricity than was generated, to be more efficient.

SB 32 expands the feed-in tariff program for large-scale solar facilities from 1.5 megawatts to 3 megawatts, potentially pushing utilities to construct massive solar installations on unused spaces like parking lots and warehouse roofs.

[Aecetia]

I agree with the do it yourself for cost savings if you have the ability and I totally support that. There are a many rebates and tax credits that make solar more affordable at this time:

AB 920 requires utility companies to pay households or businesses for any extra electricity produced by the customer’s solar power system. Supporters said the bill would encourage customers, who previously had no incentive to use less electricity than was generated, to be more efficient.

SB 32 expands the feed-in tariff program for large-scale solar facilities from 1.5 megawatts to 3 megawatts, potentially pushing utilities to construct massive solar installations on unused spaces like parking lots and warehouse roofs.

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