Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Maitland, FL

On the ground in Maitland

Permits, power and roofs in Maitland

The City of Maitland has its own building division, so a reinstall here is permitted and inspected by the city rather than Orange County. Depending on the street, the electric bill comes from Duke Energy or OUC, and that utility is the one to contact if anything about the system changes. Housing spans a wide range: older wood-frame homes in the historic corridor between Lake Lily and Lake Catherine, concrete block ranches from the 1950s and 1960s, and large newer houses on the bigger lakes. Under the shingles on the oldest homes, plank decking is common, and soft spots around old mounts turn up once the array is lifted. The oaks drop leaves and acorns that pile up behind the panels, and gray squirrels treat the gap under an array as shelter, chewing wire as they go.

Near Lake Sybelia and the streets off Maitland Avenue, many mid-century ranches are on at least their third roof, and the deck under an array from the early 2010s is the open question. Lakefront houses on Lake Maitland have more roof faces and longer conduit runs back to the electrical panel. Across town, the usual starting point is shade: an array that made good power ten years ago now sits under a canopy that closed in.