Dougherty County · Georgia
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Albany, GA
Most solar roofs in Albany sit under old oaks or backyard pecan trees. Shade creeps in a little more every season, and limbs come down in every strong storm. The city also owns its power company, so the hookup side of any reinstall runs through Albany Utilities instead of a statewide utility.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Written quote before a panel moves
✓Call or text for a straight answer
✓Licensed and insured in Florida
How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Albany
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Albany. Call or text the address, the panel count and what is going on, and you get a straight answer: what the job needs, roughly what it costs, and whether we can take it on or who should.
On the ground in Albany
Permits, power and roofs in Albany
Inside the city limits, a reinstall is permitted through the inspection division of Albany's Planning and Development department, and most jobs need an electrical permit alongside the roofer's. Albany Utilities, which longtime residents still know as WG&L, owns the meters, so it should hear about the system before it is switched off and again before it comes back on. Neighborhoods near downtown and around Tift Park have frame houses from the early 1900s, and much of the north and west sides is postwar brick ranches on their second or third shingle roof. Two damaging storms in January 2017, then Hurricane Michael the next October, put a lot of those roofs through hard years. A roof that was patched after any of them, instead of replaced, tends to leak first at the solar mounts.
The 2017 tornado cut across the south side, through College Park and along Holly Drive, and the roofs rebuilt there that year are now close to a decade old. Closer to Tift Park and Palmyra Road, the complaint is shade: oaks that were already tall when the panels went up keep spreading, and output drops a little each summer.
Local details
Albany at a glance
- Power company
- Albany Utilities, the city-owned electric, gas and water system
- County
- Dougherty County
- Region
- Southwest Georgia
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Worth reading first
FAQ
Albany: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Albany?
Often, yes, when it is planned. Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so Georgia work is booked ahead and grouped with other jobs in Southwest Georgia, and it only goes ahead with the Georgia license the work needs. Send the address, the panel count and the roofer's tear-off date for a straight answer.
Who is allowed to work on solar panels in Georgia?
Georgia treats the wiring side of solar as electrical contracting, so taking an array off, fixing it or putting it back belongs with a contractor licensed by the Division of Electrical Contractors of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board. There is no separate solar license, and cities and counties can add their own permit and business license rules.
Who reconnects the system in Albany?
Homes in Albany are generally served by Albany Utilities, the city-owned electric, gas and water system. When an array goes back on after a roof job the utility usually needs to know, and the building department normally inspects the reinstall before the system is switched back on.
My installer went out of business. Can the system still be fixed?
Usually. The installer's own workmanship warranty is gone, but the panels, inverter and optimizers carry manufacturer warranties that normally still apply, and a dead system is often one failed part rather than a worn-out array.
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Get a written quote in Albany
The address, roughly how many panels, who installed them if you know, and what is happening. A photo of the array from the street and one of the inverter get you an accurate number fastest, and texting them is the quickest way to send them.
Solar help in Albany
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.