Transylvania County · North Carolina
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Brevard, NC
Brevard is famous for its white squirrels, a pale strain of the eastern gray. They look good on a postcard and cause real trouble under a solar array, where any squirrel can chew wiring and nest in the warm gap between the panels and the roof, and the town's heavy rain finds every opening they leave.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Written quote before a panel moves
✓Call or text for a straight answer
✓Licensed and insured in Florida
How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Brevard
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Brevard. 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 Brevard
Permits, power and roofs in Brevard
Inside the city limits, the city's planning office is the first stop for a permit question, and a reinstall generally needs electrical sign-off. Duke Energy supplies most addresses inside Brevard. The older streets around Brevard College and the downtown grid have frame houses from the early 1900s through the 1950s, many re-roofed several times, with steep pitches and deep porches. Rain averages more than 75 inches a year here, so flashing is everything: each mount is a hole in the roof, and a failed boot or dried-out sealant shows up as a stain within a season. Mildew and moss grow on shaded north slopes, and pine needles and oak leaves hold water under the panels. In a town this well known for its squirrels, critter guard mesh around the edge of the array is worth adding during a reinstall.
Near Brevard College and on the older streets close to downtown, homeowners usually face a re-roof on an older house where the panels have to come off and the squirrel damage under them finally gets seen. Newer homes on the hillsides toward Pisgah Forest bring a different problem: shade from woods that were never cleared far enough back.
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FAQ
Brevard: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Brevard?
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 Blue Ridge Mountains, 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.
Who is allowed to work on solar panels in North Carolina?
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.
Who reconnects the system in Brevard?
Homes in Brevard are generally served by Duke Energy in most of town. 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 Brevard
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 Brevard
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.