Providing an on-call, full-service DIY experience
Our DIY approach combines professional expertise with your installation labor, delivering significant cost savings while ensuring your system meets all safety standards and performance expectations. We handle the complex technical aspects—roof assessment, system design, permitting, and equipment procurement—while you take on the installation work with our detailed guidance and support throughout the project.
Making an investment through your work
The financial advantages of DIY solar installations are substantial, significantly reducing total project costs compared to full-service installations. By providing your own labor, you eliminate installation costs while still receiving professional system design, premium equipment, and expert support. Our DIY packages include everything needed for a successful installation: detailed plans, step-by-step instructions, all necessary equipment, and ongoing technical support. With federal tax incentives still applying to DIY installations in 2025, combined with the lower upfront cost- most DIY solar projects achieve payback periods of 5-8 years while providing the same 25+ years of clean electricity generation.
Hands-On Learning: Know Your Solar PV Array
DIY solar installations provide the ultimate satisfaction of energy independence achieved through your own hands-on effort. Beyond the financial savings, many property owners find tremendous personal satisfaction in building their own clean energy system. Our comprehensive support ensures you maintain energy independence goals while gaining valuable knowledge about your solar installation’s operation and maintenance. We provide detailed system monitoring guidance so you can track your energy production and savings, plus ongoing technical support to ensure optimal performance throughout your system’s lifetime.
Avoid Frustrating Delays and Rejections
Let's be honest: each utility and building permit office has their own specific checklist. After over a decade of experience in the local solar industry, we've developed our own processes to expertly create plans that get approved, navigate the complications of interconnection process, and provide step-by-step milestones that get projects approved and completed successfully. We'll take care of approval, while you can focus on the installation.
DIY for the Earth
Environmental benefits of DIY solar are identical to professionally installed systems, with the added satisfaction of knowing you personally contributed to reducing carbon emissions and advancing clean energy adoption. A typical DIY residential system eliminates the same 3-4 tons of annual carbon dioxide as professionally installed systems, while your hands-on involvement often leads to greater energy consciousness and efficiency improvements throughout your property. Our DIY packages use the same high-quality equipment and design standards as our full-service installations, ensuring maximum environmental impact and system reliability.
A DIY St. Paul Solar Package provides:
- comprehensive pre-installation site assessment
- detailed building plans and one-line diagrams
- permit filing assistance for successful approval
- navigating the utility interconnection filing process
- solar-related equipment procurement and delivery
- material installation resource packets
- additional hours allocated for revisions and trouble-shooting
- post-installation system commissioning for monitoring