Sandhills · county seat Fayetteville
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Cumberland County, NC
Outside Fayetteville, Cumberland County runs from Spring Lake by Fort Bragg to farms at Gray's Creek. The Cape Fear River cuts through the middle, and both Matthew in 2016 and Florence in 2018 flooded parts of the county. Hope Mills has grown into a sizable town of its own on the south side.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Cumberland County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
Permits, power and roofs in Cumberland County
Utilities split several ways. Fayetteville PWC serves inside the city, Duke Energy Progress serves many outlying areas, and three co-ops, South River EMC, Lumbee River EMC and Four County EMC, serve the countryside, each handling home solar interconnection its own way. Cumberland County issues building permits for the unincorporated areas, and Fayetteville runs its own. Houses near the base run from 1960s brick ranches to 2010s subdivisions. The sandy soil grows longleaf and loblolly pines that shed needles onto roofs, and hurricanes coming up from the coast bring flooding along the Cape Fear and its creeks.
Spring Lake and Hope Mills have many owners who leave on orders and rent the house out, so the system sits with a tenant who cannot authorize repairs. In Gray's Creek and Stedman, the typical problem is an aging system on a brick ranch or farmhouse, with nobody left to service it. Around Eastover and Wade, the shade comes from pines that were twenty feet shorter when the panels went up.
Local details
Cumberland County at a glance
- Power company
- Fayetteville PWC in the city, Duke Energy Progress elsewhere, plus three rural co-ops
- County seat
- Fayetteville
Towns in Cumberland County
The whole county is the same call
- Fayetteville
- Hope Mills
- Spring Lake
- Eastover
- Stedman
FAQ
Cumberland County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Cumberland 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 Sandhills, 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 Cumberland County?
Homes in Cumberland County are generally served by Fayetteville PWC in the city, Duke Energy Progress elsewhere, plus three rural co-ops. 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.