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One roof, one array, one 30-year warranty

Have Cornerstone fit your new roof and install your solar, and both are covered by a single combined 30-year warranty.

110 kW of solar for a poultry farm

A 110 kW rooftop solar array running the full length of a poultry shed, designed and installed by our energy team.

Battery storage for business: when it makes sense and what it delivers

When commercial battery storage makes sense, how it lifts solar self-consumption and how it keeps your business running through outages.

Should you re-roof before installing solar? The case for doing both together

Why roof condition matters before solar, how a combined roof and solar project works, and the warranty when we fit the roof and the solar.

Asbestos cement roofs: your options for removal, over-cladding and re-roofing

Options for ageing asbestos cement and fragile roofs: removal, over-cladding and re-roofing, how safety is managed and how to add solar.

Commercial solar payback explained: what affects it and how long it takes

How commercial solar payback works, what drives it, from daytime demand to roof condition, and how we model yours before you commit.

Project spotlight: Booker Watford roof and solar

How a roof that was due for replacement became the platform for a 334 kWp solar array at Booker Watford, with a 3.1-year payback.

Project spotlight: Ye Horns Inn restoration and extension

How a Grade II listed country pub that had fallen into disrepair was restored, extended and re-established as a community hub.

Project spotlight: Fober Farm 17th-century barn restoration

Restoring a 17th-century barn in the Forest of Bowland with traditional techniques, so it can work again for a farming family.

Project spotlight: Greater Lancashire Hospital theatre expansion

A new operating theatre, air-handling unit and backup generator, designed and built around a live hospital with minimal disruption.