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Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Onslow County, NC
Onslow wraps around the New River, with Camp Lejeune along much of its shore. Sneads Ferry and Swansboro face the sounds, North Topsail Beach faces the ocean, and the farm country around Richlands is a different world from both. Florence hit all of it hard in 2018, and the re-roofing that followed reached plenty of houses with solar on them.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Onslow County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Onslow 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 Onslow County
Permits, power and roofs in Onslow County
Florence stalled over this stretch of coast in September 2018, and a gauge in Swansboro caught close to 34 inches of rain. Shingles that lifted in that storm and were patched instead of replaced still turn up under arrays. Onslow County's planning and development office permits the unincorporated areas, including Sneads Ferry, Hubert, Piney Green and Half Moon, while Jacksonville and some of the smaller towns handle their own. Jones-Onslow EMC, with offices in Jacksonville and Sneads Ferry, serves a big share of the rural county, Duke Energy Progress covers most of Jacksonville, and Four County EMC and Carteret-Craven reach the edges. Outside the city, housing runs from 1970s ranches to large newer subdivisions in Hubert and Sneads Ferry, nearly all on asphalt shingle. At North Topsail Beach, erosion has put some oceanfront houses at real risk.
In Sneads Ferry and Hubert, owners often learn the details of their solar only when they sell, because the buyer's lender wants to know who owns the panels. Around Richlands and the farm roads to the west, an older roof under an array nobody services anymore is a familiar sight. On the island, North Topsail Beach houses lose clamps and conduit to salt long before the modules give out.
Local details
Onslow County at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Progress in and around Jacksonville, Jones-Onslow EMC across much of the rural county
- County seat
- Jacksonville
- Near the water
- Salt air: every rail, clamp and grounding lug gets checked before anything goes back up.
Towns in Onslow County
The whole county is the same call
- Jacksonville
- Piney Green
- Half Moon
- Holly Ridge
- Swansboro
FAQ
Onslow County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Onslow 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 Onslow County?
Homes in Onslow County are generally served by Duke Energy Progress in and around Jacksonville, Jones-Onslow EMC across much of the rural 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 Onslow 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 Onslow 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 Onslow County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.