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dalyons • yesterday at 3:46 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Labor costs even more in Australia, yet total systems are installed for about 1/3rd - 1/4th the cost of the US. It’s not labor.


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Schiendelman • today at 3:09 AM

It is labor. It's code. The amount of labor required to do an installation to code in the US is easily 50% more, if not more than that. Australia also has standardized streamlined racking that works on much higher percentage of roofs, the US has a lot more custom construction.

BobaFloutist • yesterday at 5:37 PM

>Labor costs even more in Australia

This is really surprising to hear. Are you sure about that?

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