Mecklenburg County · North Carolina
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Matthews, NC
Matthews has a small-town core with a big suburban ring, and both carry solar. Around the old downtown on Trade Street the houses are older and closer together, while most of the town's roofs sit in 1980s and 1990s subdivisions off Sardis Road, Weddington Road and Matthews-Mint Hill Road.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Matthews
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Matthews. 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.
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Permits, power and roofs in Matthews
What sets the roofs here apart is age. Much of the housing went up during the 1980s and 1990s, so many homes are already on their second roof, and an array added around 2015 can sit on shingles that are due again. Split-levels and two-story colonials with simple gables are common, which helps a reinstall, but the decking on older houses sometimes needs repair once the panels are lifted. Permits go through Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement, which serves every town in the county, and Duke Energy Carolinas holds the interconnection for almost every Matthews home. Mature willow oaks and sweetgums drop limbs and spiky seed balls that wedge under arrays and hold moisture against the shingles.
On the streets around Stumptown Park, older houses with one usable slope leave little room to change a panel layout. Near Crestdale and Squirrel Lake Park, tall trees over older lots shade arrays a little more each year. In the subdivisions off Sardis Road, the common thread is a re-roof planned around a system whose original installer is gone.
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Matthews at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Carolinas for nearly all of town
- County
- Mecklenburg County
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FAQ
Matthews: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Matthews?
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 Matthews?
Homes in Matthews are generally served by Duke Energy Carolinas for nearly all 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 Matthews
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.