Roswell, sorry to hear of your loss,  Ill keep my eyes and ears out for u , Check ebay regularly UK site I search for .....In Spain........ see if they turn up on there, I make custom mounts for people using 45mm 4mm think angle iron then used shear nuts to fix the panels,  then set the frame in concrete means an angle grinder is required to move them. HTH

Sadly.
Its  not the country ,or the area. Its the people who are now residing in it!!!!
Remember good old UK. If its not bolted down. . .
Unfortunately this rural community we we re living in, isn t so rural, anymore.

May be of interest on ITV at 8'oclock UK time tonight ,programme about ex-pats being targetted by East Europeans.
Seems they have moved in land now, in search of easy targets !

Reading about thefts in the area, we are wondering how safe it is as we are currently looking at buying a finca in the area of Raquera.  Should we expect break ins when we're away or even when we're asleep?  - This has been happening closer to Barcelona!  Just what is the general feeing regarding security?

I think the motto, "use it or lose it" applies here in Spain. We had a generator, some electric garden tools and a portable metal sided pool stolen two years ago. We were not living on the finca at the time and this stuff was locked inside the mobile home. We had left the place alone for about two weeks (the only time it was left for that long) and hey presto we got robbed.

So be sensible. There are no guaruntees, but I have yet to hear of a lived in place being robbed! (Like what happens in South Africa - they will carry your bed off with you in it!)

About 18 months ago we got 4 solor panels damaged one very stormy night, in short the wind lifted the mounting from the roof and crashed it back down, pulling the panels out of their fixings and smashing some of the glass on the panels. Later that same night we got struck by lightening and all the electrical system fryed. We have buildings and content insurance with BBVA bank. I telephoned their claim line, spoke to a guy in English, who arranged for their assessor to come around the same day to check it all out, while asking us to get our solar engineer to ring them at once to discuss the replacement equipment. He was told to put an estimate of work and replacement equipment in, and the whole claim was settled and the system brought back upto speed within 3 weeks.

So should you have insurance - personally  would not leave home without. I was never asked if I have grills on the windows and i live on top of a mountain