Northwest Georgia · county seat Calhoun
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Gordon County, GA
Gordon County has four electric providers, and Calhoun's city-owned system is only one of them. The flooring industry, with Mohawk based in Calhoun, helped fill the county with postwar brick ranches and newer subdivisions off I-75, and many of those roofs are reaching the age where the array has to come off for a replacement.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Written quote before a panel moves
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Gordon County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Gordon County. 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 Gordon County
Permits, power and roofs in Gordon County
Calhoun addresses usually go to the city for permits, and rural ones to Gordon County's building office. Calhoun Utilities serves most of the city and also runs its water and sewer systems, while North Georgia EMC, Amicalola EMC and Georgia Power split the countryside. North Georgia EMC resells power from the Tennessee Valley Authority, so its terms for home solar differ from Georgia Power's, and the bill decides which process applies. Gordon has more interstate exits than any other county in Georgia, and much of the newer housing clusters near them, while older farmhouses with metal roofs sit in the valleys around Sugar Valley and Plainville. Spring hail and the occasional tornado are the main threats, and big oaks along the Oostanaula drop limbs in ice storms.
Around Resaca, New Echota and Sonoraville, homeowners run into systems sold by companies that no longer exist, sometimes with a loan still attached and nobody to honor the workmanship warranty. Near Fairmount, closer to the mountains, it is more often a leak where a lag bolt went through the roof without proper flashing.
Local details
Gordon County at a glance
- Power company
- Calhoun Utilities in town; North Georgia EMC, Amicalola EMC and Georgia Power elsewhere
- County seat
- Calhoun
- Region
- Northwest Georgia
Towns in Gordon County
The whole county is the same call
- Calhoun
- Fairmount
- Resaca
- Plainville
FAQ
Gordon County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Gordon County?
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 Northwest 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 Gordon County?
Homes in Gordon County are generally served by Calhoun Utilities in town; North Georgia EMC, Amicalola EMC and Georgia Power elsewhere. 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 Gordon County
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 Gordon County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.