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| ▲ | Schiendelman 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | BobaFloutist 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| >Labor costs even more in Australia This is really surprising to hear. Are you sure about that? |
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| ▲ | tstrimple 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | Australia's minimum wage is significantly higher than in the US. An adult working as a burger flipper at McDonalds can expect a minimum of $27.81 / hour. | | |
| ▲ | dalyons 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | yup. not just the minimum - skilled labor costs are very high too. |
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