Solar panels in Larkwood catch valley dust and then catch irrigation overspray on top of it. The subdivision sits in north Meridian south of Chinden, between Meridian Road and Locust Grove in 83646, and it is platted 1990–1991 on one plat, which puts most of the glass past its thirtieth year. Sprinkler water comes off Settlers Irrigation District's system, not the city main. At roughly 93 acres it is a mid-sized pocket.
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The thing that shapes this job most is that Larkwood is platted 1990–1991 on one plat, which puts most of the glass past its thirtieth year (ZIP 83646, about 93 acres). A solar panel is a piece of glass mounted at a shallow angle with nothing above it, which makes it the best dust collector on the property. In Meridian it catches north Meridian's open-ground wind fetch, which still carries construction and field dust off the sections that have not been built yet, and then — the part people do not expect — it catches pressurized irrigation overspray. Canal water on a warm panel evaporates fast and leaves exactly the bonded mineral film it leaves on windows, except here it sits directly in the light path. Soiling losses on a neglected valley array are not trivial, and the panels at the low edge of the array, where runoff concentrates, are usually the worst. Across roughly 93 acres it is remarkably consistent — Larkwood is one job, not thirty different ones.
We clean from the ground with water-fed poles wherever the roof pitch and array position allow it, which keeps weight off the panels and off your roof. We do not walk on panels — micro-cracking from foot traffic is invisible and permanent. We do not touch wiring, inverters, optimizers or mounting hardware; if we see something that looks wrong we photograph it and tell you to call your installer. Arrays we cannot reach safely we will decline rather than improvise. If you are on N Larkwood Pl or one of the streets off it, we are likely already working nearby.
Once or twice a year suits most Meridian arrays — after the spring pollen and field-dust season, and again at the end of summer. If your array sits within throw of an irrigation head, it will want the more frequent end of that, and it is worth adjusting the head instead. We are not going to sell you a quarterly plan you do not need. We service Larkwood on our regular Meridian route.
Larkwood is on our regular Meridian route, not a special trip. We already work N Sun Shimmer Ave, N Larkwood Pl, E Strauss Dr and N Starry Night Ave inside the subdivision. It routes off Chinden, which is how we keep travel out of the price. We schedule by area rather than by first-come, which keeps drive time down and means we can hold prices where they are. It also means there is usually a crew working within a few streets of you most weeks of the season.
We clean the glass. We do not touch wiring, inverters, optimisers or mounting hardware, we never walk on panels, and we will decline an array we cannot reach safely rather than improvise. We are locally owned and fully insured, and we would rather point you to the right trade than take work we cannot finish well.
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On a visibly soiled array, yes — meaningfully. On one that was cleaned two months ago, not really. We will look and tell you honestly if it does not need doing yet.
No abrasives, no soap and nothing that touches the anti-reflective coating aggressively. Pure water and soft media only.
We avoid it, and we never walk on panels. Most arrays we can reach from the ground with poles. If yours cannot be reached safely, we will say so.
Quoted per array, based on panel count and access. Booking it with a window cleaning on the same visit is the cheapest way to do it.
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