Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in McDonough, GA

On the ground in McDonough

Permits, power and roofs in McDonough

The City of McDonough's building and inspection division permits work inside the city, while Henry County's building department, also in McDonough, covers unincorporated addresses such as Kelleytown, Ola and Flippen. Power is split three ways across the area: Georgia Power, Snapping Shoals EMC and Central Georgia EMC each serve parts, and each has its own process for putting a system back online. Most houses here went up fast in builder subdivisions, with simple gables, architectural shingle and OSB decking that make the hands-on part of a reinstall predictable. The weak spots are thin step flashing and truss layouts that limit where mounts can land. Hail and straight-line winds come through most springs, and tall pines drop limbs onto arrays.

Close to the square, older houses sometimes leak around mounts that were added long after the house was built. In the subdivisions spreading toward Kelleytown and Ola, the familiar sequence is a hail claim, a roofer on the calendar and an array that has to come off first. Many owners there bought the house with solar already installed and never met the installer.