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Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in New Hanover County, NC
New Hanover squeezes a city and three beach towns between the Cape Fear River and the ocean. Hurricane Florence came ashore at Wrightsville Beach in September 2018, and the roof replacements that followed often meant taking solar down first. Out on the island towns, salt spray adds its own wear to every rail and clamp.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for New Hanover County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County
Permits, power and roofs in New Hanover County
New Hanover County Building Safety issues building permits for the unincorporated county, the City of Wilmington and Carolina Beach, while Wrightsville Beach and Kure Beach handle their own. Plan on an electrical permit and an inspection in most cases when an array goes back onto a new roof. Duke Energy Progress serves every address and generally wants to hear before a net-metered system is shut down and brought back. North of the city, Ogden, Porters Neck and Castle Hayne are mostly subdivisions from the 1980s onward on architectural shingle, and Myrtle Grove and Masonboro mix 1970s ranches with newer infill. Pleasure Island and Wrightsville Beach are a different job entirely: raised houses, long climbs and rails that live in salt spray. Design wind speeds near the ocean are high, so mount spacing and the number of attachments matter as much as the panels.
On Pleasure Island, houses in Carolina Beach and Kure Beach tend to lose clamps, conduit straps and grounding lugs to corrosion well before the panels wear out. Up in Ogden, Porters Neck and Castle Hayne the common story is a roof reaching twenty years with an array on top from an installer that has since closed. Both end the same way: the panels come off, the roof gets fixed, and each piece of hardware is judged on its own before it goes back.
Local details
New Hanover County at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Progress across the whole county
- County seat
- Wilmington
- Near the water
- Salt air: every rail, clamp and grounding lug gets checked before anything goes back up.
Towns in New Hanover County
The whole county is the same call
- Wilmington
- Carolina Beach
- Wrightsville Beach
- Kure Beach
What we do
Solar services in New Hanover County
FAQ
New Hanover County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in New Hanover 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 Southern Coast, 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 New Hanover County?
Homes in New Hanover County are generally served by Duke Energy Progress across the whole county. 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.
Does salt air change the job in New Hanover County?
It changes what fails first. Salt attacks rails, clamps and grounding hardware long before it hurts a panel, so near the water every fastener gets checked and anything corroded is replaced rather than reused.
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Get a written quote in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.