Review for Sandbox Solar

Office location: 112 Racquette Dr, Fort Collins CO, 80524

08/27/2022
Ron Splittgerber Fort Collins, CO

Sandbox Solar - By far best resource for PV system

We installed a Solaron solar hot air panel system in our home in the 1970s with great results, so wanted to continue the tradition with photovoltaic / PV system given the 26% tax credit (now back to 30% for 2022) incentive. We used the EnergySage resource as a starting point; educational and provides contact information for solar PV companies. We were contacted by 7 different companies with service in the northern Coloraodo area, interviewed with each, and asked for estimates. All but Sandbox Solar pushed us hard (sales pitch) to sign a contract. By contrast, Sandbox (Justin Wojtarowicz) carefully answered our questions and waited for our response each time. We agreed on a 26 panel system that will provide all of our annual use back to the grid, with extra margin for an electric car charging system in the future. The installation crew was super efficient, finishing the installation in a day with "critter guards" and reloaction of the panels above some existing snow guards already on the roof. They installed the panels in the "landscape" orientation instead of "portrait" to allow the snow guards to be effective in breaking up snow sliding from the PV panels. You must be patient with the process - it took our electric provider more than a month to approve the interconnect and meter to allow us to push unused capacity back to the grid. Given that the recent Federal incentive has been increased from 26% back to 30%, the wait did prove beneficial all things considered. Overall, we have had a great experience with Sandbox Solar and would recommend their services without hesitation. We'll update this review with actual PV performance once we have several months of connection data.