Foothills · county seat Wilkesboro
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Wilkes County, NC
Wilkes County lies between the Brushy Mountains and the Blue Ridge, split by the Yadkin. It is apple country in the Brushies, poultry country in the valleys and farm country along the Blue Ridge front, and the roofs follow the work: long metal roofs on barns and poultry houses, brick ranches in the towns.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Wilkes County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
Permits, power and roofs in Wilkes County
Four utilities divide the county, Duke Energy Carolinas, Blue Ridge Energy, EnergyUnited and Surry-Yadkin EMC, and the right one should hear about the work before a system is switched back on. Wilkes County's planning and inspections office covers the unincorporated county, and most reinstalls need an electrical permit and inspection. North Wilkesboro is where Lowe's got its start, and older neighborhoods there and in Wilkesboro have brick and frame houses from the 1940s through the 1970s. Poultry houses and farm buildings carry long metal roofs that expand and contract hard in summer sun. The escarpment along the county's northwest edge can catch ice storms, and W. Kerr Scott Reservoir adds shoreline homes under heavy shade.
Farmhouses and outbuildings around Moravian Falls and the Brushy Mountain orchards tend to need their metal roofs re-screwed under the array. Near Millers Creek and W. Kerr Scott Reservoir it is lake and wooded lots where shade has grown, and in North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro an older system from a closed installer that has stopped producing.
Local details
Wilkes County at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Carolinas, Blue Ridge Energy, EnergyUnited and Surry-Yadkin EMC, by area
- County seat
- Wilkesboro
Towns in Wilkes County
The whole county is the same call
- North Wilkesboro
- Wilkesboro
- Mulberry
- Millers Creek
- Moravian Falls
FAQ
Wilkes County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County?
Homes in Wilkes County are generally served by Duke Energy Carolinas, Blue Ridge Energy, EnergyUnited and Surry-Yadkin EMC, by area. 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.