Durham County · North Carolina
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Durham, NC
Durham was a tobacco and textile town, and its older neighborhoods still show it. Mill houses, bungalows and big 1920s homes sit under tall oaks, giving the city some of the most varied roofs in the Triangle, from small low-pitch mill roofs to the steep, complicated rooflines of Hope Valley.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Durham
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Durham. 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 Durham
Permits, power and roofs in Durham
Duke Energy Carolinas, not Duke Energy Progress, serves the city, which matters when interconnection forms ask which Duke utility the system is on. Permits come from the combined City-County Inspections Department, and houses in local historic districts may need a certificate of appropriateness before a reinstall changes what the street sees. Trinity Park, Old West Durham and Watts-Hillandale have 1910s to 1930s bungalows and foursquares on old plank decking. East and West Durham mill houses have small, simple roofs. Woodcroft in the south has 1980s and 1990s houses on wooded lots. The big willow oaks along older streets, many planted generations ago, drop limbs in ice storms and shade more of each roof every year.
In Trinity Park and Watts-Hillandale, the work is often putting panels back on a roof that is close to a century old. Duke Park and Old North Durham owners deal with oak shade and squirrels chewing the wiring under the array. Around Woodcroft, re-roofs on 1980s houses often uncover systems whose installers are long gone.
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FAQ
Durham: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Durham?
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 Research Triangle, 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 Durham?
Homes in Durham 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 Durham
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 Durham
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.