"Bob Mannix" wrote in message
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A couple of years ago, I couldn't find DIY solar water heating kits (you
could build your own manky system Blue Peter style, giving the
satisfaction
of true DIY but little else, I fancy, or pay someone a huge amount to
install one).

Having revisited the scene I find kits are now available eg:

http://www.solartwin.com/

Just taking this as an example, a DIY kit, with a simple plumbing
arrangement (for those of us with tanks!), with an additional pv panel to
drive the pump, is £1900.

I would surmise savings in the region £100-200/year (guess) giving a
payback
time of 10+years.

Does anyone have experience of such kits, with regard to savings, and this
kit in particular, with regard to its quality?

I haven't experience of it myself as I'm building my own "Blue Peter" one
:-) I certainly liked the pv panel for the pump and have copied this.

A while ago somebody on the www.periodproperty.co.uk forum gave the
Solartwin one the tumbs up over others. Try having a search on google for
the thread.