Blue Ridge Mountains · county seat Asheville
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Buncombe County, NC
Outside Asheville, Buncombe County is valley towns and steep coves that Helene hit hard. Swannanoa, Black Mountain and Fairview saw flooding and landslides in September 2024, and rebuilding there includes houses that carried solar before the storm. Farther out, Leicester, Candler and Barnardsville mix old farmhouses with newer subdivisions.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Buncombe County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County
Permits, power and roofs in Buncombe County
Buncombe County's permits and inspections office covers the unincorporated county, and a reinstall of an existing array generally needs an electrical permit. Duke Energy Progress serves most of the county, with French Broad EMC and Haywood EMC in parts of the north and west. Rural housing runs from tin-roofed farmhouses in Sandy Mush and Leicester to 1990s and 2000s subdivisions in Arden, Candler and Weaverville. Elevation changes everything: a house at 3,000 feet on a north slope near Barnardsville gets snow and ice that a south-facing roof in Arden seldom sees. Slopes that slid during Helene, and trees the storm weakened, are still a concern above many rural roofs.
In Swannanoa, Fairview and Black Mountain the work is still tied to Helene: insurance re-roofs, new trusses where trees came through, and arrays that were pulled off in a hurry and stacked in a garage. Out in Leicester, Candler and Reems Creek it is more often a system whose installer has closed, or an array losing hours to oaks that have grown since it went up.
Local details
Buncombe County at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Progress in most of the county, with French Broad EMC and Haywood EMC in parts
- County seat
- Asheville
Towns in Buncombe County
The whole county is the same call
- Asheville
- Black Mountain
- Woodfin
- Swannanoa
- Weaverville
- Fairview
FAQ
Buncombe County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Buncombe County?
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 Buncombe County?
Homes in Buncombe County are generally served by Duke Energy Progress in most of the county, with French Broad EMC and Haywood EMC in parts. 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 Buncombe 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 Buncombe County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.