Archive for Commercial Eco Solutions

Due to the being under target, the government are throwing grants out for homes to be better insulated. Consequently, there is a possibility that you will not have to contribute to any of the costs.

If you live in Sussex, Surrey, or Hampshire, please make sure that you give Kingsley Eco Solutions a call on 01903 227726 to book your survey for wall and loft insulation… read the rest of “FREE home insulation”

A charnwood cove 2b is installed into a home in worthing, giving not only heat to the room but also operating the central heating and hot water read the rest of “Heating and Hot water from wood”

It seems that we are having the wettest drought of the century- and many of the residents in Worthing, Rustington, Angmering, East Preston, Lancing, Shoreham, Storrington and other towns in West Sussex may be finding that their roofs are not quite up to the task.

Kingsley Roofing’s Repairs department are on hand with several teams of roofers to quickly… read the rest of “Repairs to Roofs in Worthing”

Last week 100 home-owners who have had solar panel installed onto their homes over the past year gathered at the Eco showroom in Worthing to hear and explore how they can save more money on their ever increasing energy bills.

Kingsley Eco Solutions ran a cheese and wine evening at their Renewable Energy Showroom in Ferring, West Sussex… read the rest of “Solar Customers Gather at Kingsley”

Later this month, a large cohort of Kingsley Eco Solution customers will be attending an evening to explore ways of getting the most out of their solar PV panels.

Over free Cheese and… read the rest of “Get the Most out of your Solar PV”

From a green pigmento zinc roof for a house on the coast to a pigmento red zinc roof for the new Halls of Residence at the University of Brighton – Kingsley are able to undertake any specialist roofing project.

Pigmento Green Zinc

Kingsley are busy completing the installation of a green zinc roof along the south coast.  Our team has designed, fabricated and are busy installing this specialist… read the rest of “Pigmento Zinc is in!”

Kingsley Roofing Limited working in Co-operation with Guildford Borough Council is coming to the end of a yearlong contract to re-roof 66 properties.

Work begins on 66 properties

The work included completely stripping the existing roof coverings including all felt, battens and lead flashings, replacing with new breatherable underlay, treated timber battens and… read the rest of “Kingsley Roofing re-roofs 66 properties”

February saw Kingsley Asbestos Services granted full Arca membership. Arca is the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association and you can read more about them here.

Asbestos Removal Contractors Association

What does having Arca membership mean? Here’s what they have to say:

• 1. Stringent

This week the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC)  announced the nominees in various national awards roofing categories.  Kingsley have been nominated as finalists  in 2 categories:
-Fully Supported Metal Roofing and

-Sustainable Roofs – Shingles/Shakes

The winners will be announced in May… read the rest of “Kingsley Finalists for 2 National Roofing Awards”

Last week Kingsley Eco Solutions went live on a 50KW solar PV system for Arun District Council Civic Centre.  This week the countdown began as Kingsley Eco Solutions have less than a month to turn one of the roofs of Charnwood Stove into a solar power station!

Pictured here, Trevor- Kingsley Eco’s Contracts Manager, making… read the rest of “Charnwood Stoves Solar Power Station Begins”

Kingsley Roofing are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Gold Award in the 2011 ‘Safety in Roofing’ Award Scheme by the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC). The Award Scheme is aimed at promoting health and safety amongst members of the NFRC, to reduce accidents and health hazards and keep safety high on the agenda… read the rest of “NFRC Gold Winner!”

It has been one of the busiest few weeks to date as 4-5 teams have been working in West Sussex on installations, including wood burning stoves. Each day between 3-4 kw systems have been installed on  homes by our roofing team in Worthing, East Preston, West Chiltington, Brighton, Lancing and Ashington, followed closely behind by the electrical crew- thats a total of 50kw- all commissioned and already making  free electricity in… read the rest of “100 KW / 400 solar panels in February!”

More than 200 solar panels have today been delivered to Arun’s Civic Centre and will be installed on the roof this week ready to harness the power of the sun and generate free electricity. A giant crane was used to lift the 216 photovoltaic panels more than 20 metres up to the roof of the Littlehampton Council HQ building in Maltravers Road on Tuesday.

The panels will cut the Council’s… read the rest of “The Civic Centre Solar PV Begins”

Kingsley Roofing are regularly asked to repair school roofs all across Sussex.

We recently attended a school in Storrington which had a leaking flat roof gutter in need of repair. We inspected and proposed repairing by applying a 2 layer torch on felt system to the gutter to provide a cost effective, good value repair. From first call to carrying out work took 1 week even allowing for heavy snow!… read the rest of “School Roof Repairs”

Great question and something we are asked many times in the showroom!  I read in the paper 6 months ago in an advert that it could add 10% value to your home!  I, to say the least, was very sceptical about this.

I have recently sold my home in Goring, Worthing in West Sussex and I have a… read the rest of “Does Solar Add Value to your Home?”

Worthing and the surrounding towns here in West Sussex are known for being some of the sunniest in the UK so therefore are just perfect for Solar panels.

This week and next we have 4 teams out on solar, anything from ground mounted systems in back gardens, flat roofs to the typical tiled roof.

On Tuesday we have a massive 50 ton crane and 8 of our team… read the rest of “Sunny Worthing.... make use of it!”

Mark Notridge from Kingsley Roofing has been featured in Roof Overview magazine in his capacity as chairman of London & Southern Roof Training Group. Kingsley Roofing believe in keeping all their staff trained to the highest standards and regularly host training events at our Ferring office. We have been really fortunate to have Mark as part of our team here as he has been able to recommend… read the rest of “Roof Overview”

As Solar becomes ever more prevalent in the UK – it is becoming common when driving along streets in West Sussex to see three or four homes in a row all with solar installed.
Mr C of Rustington – West Sussex had a 16 Panel system installed to his south facing roof earlier in the week. Kingsley Eco Solutions installed solar systems for neighbours either side of him in 2011… read the rest of “Streets of Solar”

Western Red Cedar Shingles were specified for Tidewaters, a new build home in a Conservation Area on the West Sussex coast, within the Chichester Harbour Outstanding Area of natural Beauty. Kingsley Roofing were chosen to fit the shingles on this stunning seafront home.

We were really pleased to see that our work has been published in a number of construction magazines including:

Timber Building

Architects Datafile… read the rest of “Western Red Cedar Shingles”

Its been a very busy day for Kingsley Eco Solutions- we’ve been taking wood burning stove and domestic Solar PV orders throughout the day and, to top it off, a really great company has decided to go for a 50KW system- and possibly 100kw (more to follow on this).

In a few weeks the solar PV panels go up onto the flatroof at the Arun Civic Centre in Littlehampton… read the rest of “Another Company going for 50KW Solar system”

Fancy listening to your favourite tunes in the shower with the radio that is run from the water from your shower!

Simply go to our Facebook page- ‘Like’ us and tell us what your favourite song  is that you sing in the shower! Simple eh!… read the rest of “Win A free H2O shower radio”

Five Reasons To Install Now

With all the current confusion over FITs you may well be thinking now is not the time to install solar PV.  In fact the opposite is true.  Financially and environmentally now is the perfect time to install solar.  One of our installations taking place today in Worthing West Sussex will benefit from the following:

1) Guaranteed feed in tariff of 21 pence per… read the rest of “Five Reasons Why You Should Install Solar Now”

Today the high court ruled that the government were unlawful with the way the conducted the cut on the Feed in Tariff prior to the conclusion of the consultation.  This potentially means that the tariff of 43pence will remain until March 3rd.  However, one message sent out by one of the largest  UK Solar companies, Segen states the following:

Following on from this morning’s appeal court ruling, the Government has confirmed… read the rest of “Government Court ruling on the Feed-in-Tariff”

Our Repairs team have been very busy the past few weeks following the recent stormy weather in Worthing and across West Sussex. The strong winds caused damage to lots of people’s roofs and Kingsley Roofing were there to help. One such customer from East Preston called us to explain that the winds had blown off his garage roof leaving all his belongings stored inside at risk of being exposed to… read the rest of “Storm Damage”

Yesterday work began At Arun District Council’s Arun Civic Centre, where a 50KW Solar PV system has been designed, supplied and installed by Kingsley Eco Solutions.  Work has commenced on the electrical side as Kingsley Roofing complete the re-roofing of the flat roof at the Littlehampton buildings… read the rest of “Work Begin at Arun Council 50KW Installation”

This week Kingsley Eco Solutions installed a 6 panel Solar pv system onto the Kingsley warehouse just above the training rig for the Solar Training.

The training room is almost complete and training will commence in the next month.  This offer local electricians in Worthing, Lancing, Crawley, Haywards Heaths, Shoreham… read the rest of “Northbrook College Eco Training Centre”

Solar and roofing project in Ashburton, Devon. Using Suntech 245 watt panels for the solar installation and red cedar shingles for the roof works. read the rest of “Roofing and Solar Panels in Devon ”

Next Monday Kingsley Eco Solutions start on the 50KW installation for Arun District Council Civic Centre offices, in Littlehampton, West Sussex.  Currently another part of the Kingsley Group, Kingsley Roofing, are refurbishing the flat roofs ready for the 178 Suntech panels to be installed over the next month.

kinglsey Eco Solutions are installing PowerOne inverters- a great component… read the rest of “Arun Civic Centre Solar PV”

If you have been thinking about Solar PV Panels for your home, or block of flats, church, offices or warehouse- then why not pop down and visit us at our Renewable Energy Centre in Ferring, near Worthing in West Sussex.

Or if you are considering a wood burning stoves why not come in and see three stoves burning… read the rest of “Kingsley Eco Showroom in Worthing”

Pick up a paper or turn on your radio and you will hear the reports of the seeming doom and gloom of the solar industry.  Read our recent blog and links to read more HERE.

So what now?  Have you missed the boat and now concluded that Solar PV Panels are no longer worth the investment?  These are important questions to ask and… read the rest of “Solar PV Panels- Still Worth Investing?”