Blue Ridge Mountains · county seat Waynesville
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Haywood County, NC
The Pigeon River has flooded Haywood County twice in just over three years. Tropical Storm Fred tore through Cruso and Canton in August 2021, Helene's flooding in September 2024 was worse, and many houses in Canton, Clyde and Bethel have needed roof repairs since, some of them under solar.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Haywood County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Haywood 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 Haywood County
Permits, power and roofs in Haywood County
Haywood County's development services office handles building and electrical permits across the unincorporated county. Power comes from three directions: Haywood EMC across much of the countryside, Duke Energy around Canton and Clyde, and Waynesville's town system inside part of Waynesville. The paper mill that defined Canton closed in 2023, and the mill-era houses on small lots around it tend to have low-pitch roofs over old board decking. In Maggie Valley, rental cabins climb steep slopes off Soco Road at around 3,000 feet and higher, where snow sits on the glass and a gravel drive decides whether a lift can reach the house at all. Lake Junaluska adds older summer cottages around the Methodist conference center, with steep roofs and big trees.
Along the Pigeon in Canton, Clyde and Bethel, and up the East Fork past Cruso, flood repairs and insurance re-roofs keep bringing arrays down. In Maggie Valley and around Lake Junaluska the steadier problem is a rental or retirement home whose installer has gone, with a leak at one mount and no local company willing to take on the system.
Local details
Haywood County at a glance
- Power company
- Haywood EMC, Duke Energy, and the Town of Waynesville's own system in part of town
- County seat
- Waynesville
Towns in Haywood County
The whole county is the same call
- Waynesville
- Canton
- Lake Junaluska
- Maggie Valley
- Clyde
FAQ
Haywood County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Haywood 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 Haywood County?
Homes in Haywood County are generally served by Haywood EMC, Duke Energy, and the Town of Waynesville's own system in part 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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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 Haywood County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.