Clarke County · Georgia
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Athens, GA
Plenty of Athens solar sits on houses that are close to a century old. In Boulevard, Bloomfield and Cobbham the roofs are steep and broken up by gables and dormers, and under the shingles is board decking nobody has seen in decades. Every reinstall there starts with finding out what shape that wood is in.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Written quote before a panel moves
✓Call or text for a straight answer
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Athens
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Athens. 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 Athens
Permits, power and roofs in Athens
Athens-Clarke's Building Permits and Inspections office handles every address in the city, and the electrical work on a reinstall is generally permitted and inspected on its own. Boulevard, Bloomfield, Woodlawn, Dearing Street, Henderson Avenue and West Cloverhurst are among the locally designated historic districts, where exterior changes go before the Historic Preservation Commission. An array that shows from the street may need a certificate of appropriateness even to return to the same spot. Old Athens roofs also tend to hide two or more layers of shingles, and a full tear-off is the moment to fix soft boards or a sagging rafter before mounts go back in. Georgia Power wants notice before a net-metered system is shut down and again before it is turned back on. Big oaks and magnolias over these lots drop leaves that pile up behind the lowest row of panels.
In Five Points and Normaltown the usual trigger is a re-roof on a house built between the 1920s and the 1950s, and the panels have to come off before the roofer starts. Landlords with rentals near campus try to fit that work into the summer gap between leases. On Boulevard and in Cobbham, the slow part is getting approval to put the array back the way it was.
Local details
Athens at a glance
- Power company
- Georgia Power serves nearly all of the in-town neighborhoods
- County
- Clarke County
- Region
- Northeast Georgia
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FAQ
Athens: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Athens?
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 Northeast 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 Athens?
Homes in Athens are generally served by Georgia Power serves nearly all of the in-town neighborhoods. 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 Athens
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 Athens
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.