Northwest Georgia · county seat Chatsworth
Murray runs from carpet towns on US 411 up to Fort Mountain cabins and homes near Carters Lake. The Easter 2020 tornado near Sumac showed how quickly a storm here can strip a roof, and any array on a damaged house has to come off before the roof can be repaired.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
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How we cover it
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Murray 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 Murray County
Rural Murray gets building permits from the county, and Chatsworth handles work inside the city, so check which office covers the address. North Georgia EMC, whose power comes from the Tennessee Valley Authority, serves a large share of the county, with Amicalola EMC and Georgia Power in other areas, so the provider named on the bill is the one to ask about putting the array back in service. The housing is a mix of brick ranches from the carpet boom, manufactured homes, and cabins up GA 52 on the climb to Fort Mountain, where metal roofs, steep pitches and narrow gravel drives are common. At elevation, ice and wet snow load the panels, then let go all at once onto the decks and steps below. Lightning on the ridges is hard on inverters, and the valley takes hail in spring.
Around Spring Place, near the Chief Vann House, and down toward Eton and Crandall, homeowners deal with systems whose installer is gone and roofs that took hail. Up on Fort Mountain and around Carters Lake, the job is mostly access: a cabin at the end of a steep drive, a metal roof that needs the right clamps, and trees closing in on the array.
Local details
Towns in Murray County
FAQ
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.
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.
Homes in Murray County are generally served by North Georgia EMC, Amicalola EMC and Georgia Power, depending on the area. 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.
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 quote
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.
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.