Blandford’s centre is one of the best-preserved Georgian town centres in England and a conservation area, so solar on those roofs means rear slopes, all-black panels and a check with Dorset Council first. The estates around the edge, from Blandford St Mary to the newer housing off the Salisbury Road, are straightforward family roofs.
The villages across Cranborne Chase and the Blackmore Vale are on long overhead lines and lose power in storms more than the coast does. A battery with backup is the question people ask first out here, and the EcoFlow OCEAN 2 answers it.
A solar panel installation in Blandford Forum follows the same shape as everywhere we work: a free survey at the house or by video call, a written quote, then MCS-certified engineers on site, usually for a single day, with the scaffold up the day before. Battery storage is worth talking about here even on a modest roof, because the DT11 villages from Pimperne and Shillingstone out to Sixpenny Handley sit at the end of SSEN rural lines, and an OCEAN 2 keeps the fridge, the router and the lights running when the line goes down. The town itself, from Blandford St Mary across the river to the estates off the Salisbury Road, is on a sound urban supply and is a straightforward job.