Eastern Coastal Plain · county seat Greenville
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Pitt County, NC
Pitt County outside Greenville is a ring of growing towns and tobacco farms. Winterville and Ayden have grown along with Greenville, while Farmville, Bethel and Fountain are older farm towns, so solar here goes on everything from new subdivision roofs to century-old farmhouses.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Written quote before a panel moves
✓Call or text for a straight answer
✓Licensed and insured in Florida
How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Pitt County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Pitt 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 Pitt County
Permits, power and roofs in Pitt County
Unincorporated Pitt County gets its permits from the county planning and inspections office, the towns vary, and Greenville inspects its own work. Greenville Utilities Commission serves about three quarters of the county. Pitt & Greene EMC is based in Farmville, Edgecombe-Martin County EMC and Dominion serve other parts, and Ayden and Farmville each run a town system. Floyd dropped close to 17 inches of rain in 1999 and put the Tar River into homes along its course. Packhouses, equipment sheds and old tobacco barns with metal roofs carry some arrays, and ground racks at the field edge carry others. Barn framing often needs reinforcing before it can hold panels.
In Winterville and the newer parts of Ayden, roofs from the 2000s are reaching replacement age, and arrays added during the solar boom have to come off first. In Bethel, Grimesland and Fountain, a dead inverter on a system sold by a company that has since gone under, Pink Energy among them, leaves owners looking for anyone willing to work on it.
Local details
Pitt County at a glance
- Power company
- Greenville Utilities Commission in most of the county, plus Pitt & Greene EMC and Edgecombe-Martin EMC
- County seat
- Greenville
FAQ
Pitt County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Pitt 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 Eastern Coastal Plain, 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 Pitt County?
Homes in Pitt County are generally served by Greenville Utilities Commission in most of the county, plus Pitt & Greene EMC and Edgecombe-Martin EMC. 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 Pitt 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 Pitt County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.