Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Allendale County, SC

On the ground in Allendale County

Permits, power and roofs in Allendale County

Outside the towns of Allendale and Fairfax, permits come from the county building office, and the towns are worth asking first for anything inside their limits. Edisto Electric Cooperative and Palmetto Electric Cooperative serve much of the rural county, and each keeps its own forms for member-owned generation. Much of the housing is decades old, and nearly one house in five stood vacant at the 2020 census, so a home bought with solar on it may come with a roof and a system nobody has checked in years. Cotton, soybeans and timber fill the land between towns. Summer heat, thunderstorms, pine and hardwood shade, and squirrels in the wiring are the local hazards.

In Allendale near the USC Salkehatchie campus and in Fairfax, aging shingle roofs sit under arrays that may not have been serviced since the day they were installed. Out toward Sycamore, Ulmer and the river, farm properties have metal roofs with rusting screws at the mounts. Hardwoods along the Salkehatchie and Savannah river bottoms shade arrays and drop leaves that clog the gaps under the panels.