Foothills · county seat Dobson
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Surry County, NC
Surry County lies below the Blue Ridge front, with Pilot Mountain standing alone to the east. Mount Airy, home of the world's largest open-face granite quarry, and the vineyard country around Elkin and Dobson give the county a mix of old town houses and newer rural homes.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
✓Written quote before a panel moves
✓Call or text for a straight answer
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Surry County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Surry 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 Surry County
Permits, power and roofs in Surry County
Duke Energy Carolinas serves Mount Airy and the larger towns, and Surry-Yadkin EMC, headquartered in Dobson, covers much of the rural county. Surry County's inspections office handles rural addresses, including the vineyard roads around Dobson and the Lowgap and White Plains communities. Mount Airy's older neighborhoods have early twentieth-century houses whose roofs have been redone several times over original board decking. Out in the Surry countryside, old tobacco barns and frame farmhouses still carry tin roofs. Along the Blue Ridge front near the Virginia line, ice storms and strong winter winds are common, and arrays on exposed ridges need their clamps and end caps checked after each hard blow.
In Mount Airy the typical job is a re-roof on an older house near downtown, where the panels have to come off and the original layout matters to the owner. Out toward Lowgap, Toast and Flat Rock the requests are for farmhouse and barn arrays with leaking mounts, and around the vineyards near Elkin and Dobson for newer homes whose installer has closed.
Local details
Surry County at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Carolinas in the larger towns, Surry-Yadkin EMC across much of the countryside
- County seat
- Dobson
Towns in Surry County
The whole county is the same call
- Mount Airy
- Elkin
- Pilot Mountain
- Dobson
FAQ
Surry County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Surry 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 Foothills, 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 Surry County?
Homes in Surry County are generally served by Duke Energy Carolinas in the larger towns, Surry-Yadkin EMC across much of the countryside. 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 Surry 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 Surry County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.