Blue Ridge Mountains · county seat Brevard
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Transylvania County, NC
Transylvania is the wettest county in North Carolina, with over 90 inches of rain a year in places. Water is the first thing to check on any solar roof here: how it runs off the panels, where it collects at the eaves, and whether the flashing at each mount has held up to that much rain.
✓Any roofer. Any installer. Any brand.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Transylvania County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Transylvania 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 Transylvania County
Permits, power and roofs in Transylvania County
Outside the Brevard and Rosman town limits, Transylvania County's permitting office issues building and electrical permits, and most reinstalls need at least an electrical permit and a final inspection. Duke Energy serves Brevard and much of the county, while Haywood EMC covers a large share of the western end around Rosman. Pisgah and Nantahala national forests and DuPont State Recreational Forest wrap around the private land, which means tall trees on nearly every lot, shade that creeps a little further each year, and leaves that rot in place under panels in a climate this wet. Up at Lake Toxaway and Sapphire the houses are large second homes with shake, slate or copper details, and those materials need hooks and flashing made for them rather than standard shingle mounts.
Around Lake Toxaway the familiar job is a careful reinstall on a big lake house roof for owners who are away much of the year, often after a leak ran unnoticed through a wet season. In Cedar Mountain, Balsam Grove and the Rosman end of the county it is more often a farmhouse or cabin whose array has dropped in output as the forest closed in, and whose original installer is gone.
Local details
Transylvania County at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy around Brevard, Haywood EMC across much of the western county
- County seat
- Brevard
Towns in Transylvania County
The whole county is the same call
- Brevard
- Pisgah Forest
- Rosman
- Lake Toxaway
- Cedar Mountain
What we do
Solar services in Transylvania County
FAQ
Transylvania County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Transylvania 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 Blue Ridge Mountains, 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 Transylvania County?
Homes in Transylvania County are generally served by Duke Energy around Brevard, Haywood EMC across much of the western 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.
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 Transylvania 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 Transylvania County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.