Pigeon Proofing Solar Panels in Stevenage - 10 Year Guarantee
Stevenage and the surrounding area sit somewhere in the middle of middle England when it comes to solar panel take up. Through its Environmental Management Policy, Stevenage Borough Council is committed to reduce carbon emissions through introduction of renewable energy supplies like solar power both in its own activities and households and businesses in and around Stevenage itself.
The council is encouraging partnerships local partnerships in the renewable energy arena. Stevenage council will consider home grants or loans to help home owners improve energy efficiency, with eligibility dependent on age and income.
A quick Google search shows lots of Hertfordshire solar panel companies to choose from. If you choose to generate your home electricity through solar panel installation, there are certainly plenty of positives. But few if any of those companies will talk to you about the associated problems you may encounter with pigeons.
Pigeons nest all year round in the UK, and brood three or four times a year. The females are looking for somewhere safe, warm, sheltered and high up to build their nest. The gap between the panels and the roof is custom made for them. A well fed pigeon is going to be producing some 25lb of droppings a year, and it is very corrosive because of the uric acid content.
And the guano contains many unpleasant and potentially dangerous pathogens, bacteria and diseases, some of which are easily transferred to humans. What usually happens with pigeons under solar panels is that the female will be under the panels and the male partner nearby, somewhere else on your roof, guttering, TV aerial or Sky dish. Both create a lot of unwelcome noise and a lot of mess.
The good news is that here at British Bird Control we can help through our Stevenage solar panel pigeon proofing service. We know just how stop the pigeons getting underneath solar panels, so that they will move on, long term. And we offer a gilt-edged TEN-YEAR GUARANTEE with all our solar panel pigeon protection work in Hertfordshire as a whole
Frequently Asked Questions
What does solar panel pigeon protection cost?
The cost of your solar panel pigeon proofing will be governed by a few variables that we will run through with you on the phone. The most important factor is whether we can safely carry out the work off ladders, or whether access equipment such as scaffolding or a cherry picker is required. Our technicians are trained in Working at Height and Safe Use of Ladders and many of them have cherry picker and scaffolding qualifications too.
We can usually work this out from a telephone consultation and a quick look at your property on Google Earth, and can often provide you with a quotation over the phone. We require a 25% deposit to book in. Call us on 0800 327
Pigeons are creating a mess on my solar panels and roof tiles. Can you clean this?
Providing you can provide an in-reach external tap, the work includes free-of-charge removal of mess and fouling from inside the gutters beneath the installation where we can get ladders to the gutters and where it’s safe to do so, and also a rinse down (not a full clean) of the panel surfaces.
This should shift any light build-up of fouling and dirt, but if you have a heavy build-up of fouling, algae and/or lichens on the panel surfaces a specialist chemical clean would be needed and this is not something we can offer as a pest control company.
We do not clean roof tiles which again is a specialist service and take no responsibility for blocked downpipes which can become clogged up with a build-up of fouling and are not able to help with this as freeing it requires specialist equipment. We treat where nesting has been going on regardless of whether we can safely get all the nests out with biocide.
Are pigeons affecting the performance of my solar panels?
If you have birds getting under solar panels and believe this could be adversely affecting the performance of the panels and the very reason you got them in the first place, please let us know during the telephone consultation.
We have teams that can evaluate and fix solar panel performance on the spot, but if this is the case we may need to make a separate visit before the solar panel proofing takes place to check whether there is a short circuit, broken solar panel inverter, or other electrical issue which would make it dangerous to be on the roof until fixed. Please also let us know if you think there are dead adult pigeons under solar panels when we talk on the phone – they may have been electrocuted!
Need Help or Advice?
To discuss your solar panel pigeon proofing or bird control problem, Please get in touch:
- Call us on: 0800 327 7293
- Email us at: info@britishbirdcontrol.co.uk
- Submit your request online with picture, address, post code and phone number