Piedmont Triad · county seat Graham
Alamance County grew along the Haw River's textile mills, and its roofs still reflect that. Mill villages in Haw River, Saxapahaw and Glencoe sit alongside college-town houses in Elon and fast-growing subdivisions around Mebane on the interstate corridor. Each brings different decking, pitch and shade to a solar removal.
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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 Alamance 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 Alamance County
Older mill villages have small, simple gable roofs on frame houses that have been re-roofed many times. Graham's courthouse square has late 1800s homes nearby, Elon's older streets carry big hardwoods, and Mebane's newer neighborhoods are two-story homes on cleared lots with good sun. The county's inspections department handles permits for the unincorporated county and several smaller towns, while Burlington issues its own and the other cities may as well. Electricity comes from Duke Energy in and around the cities, with Piedmont Electric serving rural areas toward Orange and Caswell counties and Randolph EMC reaching into parts of the south. Ice storms are the main hazard, with spring hail close behind.
In Haw River, Glencoe and Saxapahaw, old mill houses carry small arrays on roofs with decking from another century. Around Elon and Graham, tall oaks shade arrays and drop limbs in ice storms. In Mebane's newer subdivisions, HOAs want the reinstall to match the original approval, and some owners find their installer has closed since the system went in.
Local details
FAQ
Often, yes, when it is planned. Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so North Carolina work is booked ahead and grouped with other jobs in Piedmont Triad, and it only goes ahead with the North Carolina license the work needs. Send the address, the panel count and the roofer's tear-off date for a straight answer.
In North Carolina, a solar job of any size has to be contracted and permitted by a contractor licensed by the State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors: a limited, intermediate or unlimited electrical license, or the special restricted single-family dwelling license for work on a detached house. A general contractor may work under that electrician, and there is no separate solar license.
Homes in Alamance County are generally served by Duke Energy in and around the cities, Piedmont Electric and Randolph EMC in rural areas. 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.