Mecklenburg County · North Carolina
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Charlotte, NC
Charlotte is known for its tree canopy, and plenty of its solar roofs sit right under it. Willow oaks planted along Myers Park and Dilworth streets about a century ago now shade arrays for part of the day and drop leaves and acorns into the space beneath the panels.
✓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 Charlotte
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Charlotte. 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 Charlotte
Permits, power and roofs in Charlotte
The housing runs in bands. Close to uptown are 1920s bungalows with low-slope porch roofs and original plank decking. Cotswold, Sedgefield and Madison Park have 1950s brick ranches with long, plain roofs that suit an array. Ballantyne, Highland Creek and Steele Creek are 1990s and later subdivisions whose hips, valleys and dormers break the sunny side into small pieces. Inside city limits the permits still come from the county, through Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement, and in local historic districts such as Dilworth, Wilmore and Plaza Midwood the Historic District Commission also cares about anything visible from the street. Duke Energy Carolinas is the utility for nearly every address. Hail drives a large share of insurance re-roofs here, and the big oaks bring limbs down in summer thunderstorms.
In Plaza Midwood, Elizabeth and NoDa, a small bungalow roof often has one sunny slope with the array covering most of it, so the roofer cannot work around the panels. Out in Ballantyne and Steele Creek, the hurdle is getting the HOA to accept the panels going back in the original layout. Across the city, systems sold by Pink Energy before its October 2022 shutdown still sit on roofs with nobody left to service them.
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FAQ
Charlotte: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Charlotte?
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 Charlotte Region, 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 Charlotte?
Homes in Charlotte are generally served by Duke Energy Carolinas. 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 Charlotte
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 Charlotte
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.