Pickens County · South Carolina
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Clemson, SC
Clemson is wedged between the university and the coves of Lake Hartwell. Solar here goes on faculty and retiree houses from the 1950s onward and on newer lake homes, and a home football weekend is a poor time to block a street with a lift truck.
✓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 Clemson
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Clemson. 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 Clemson
Permits, power and roofs in Clemson
Permits inside city limits normally go through the City of Clemson, and Pickens County covers the land around it; the university campus sits outside city limits altogether. Most homes in town buy power from Duke Energy Carolinas, which should hear about any change in panel count or inverter at the reinstall. Near campus, 1950s and 1960s ranches and split-levels have low roofs under mature hardwoods, while the lakefront holds newer, taller houses with complicated rooflines. Red clay and steep lots slow down ladder setup on the lake side. Helene's gusts hit the mid-60s at the regional airport just west of town, and in April 2020 a tornado passed close by on its way from Seneca to Central.
On the older streets off College Avenue, faculty houses tend to have aging roofs under big oaks, and an array there usually comes off for a re-roof and a tree trim at once. Lake homes on the Hartwell coves bring access and wind problems. Buyers who inherited panels with a house often have no installer paperwork at all, which makes a warranty claim slow.
Local details
Clemson at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Carolinas for most homes, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative on some outskirts
- County
- Pickens County
- Region
- Upstate, South Carolina
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Worth reading first
FAQ
Clemson: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Clemson?
Often, yes, when it is planned. Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so South Carolina work is booked ahead and grouped with other jobs in Upstate, and it only goes ahead with the South 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 South Carolina?
In South Carolina, the mounting and the wiring are licensed separately. A licensed residential builder or a registered roofer handles the roof mounts, and a licensed residential builder, a licensed residential electrician or a mechanical contractor licensed for electrical work handles the wiring. The Residential Builders Commission also registers solar panel installers to assemble and install the panels themselves.
Who reconnects the system in Clemson?
Homes in Clemson are generally served by Duke Energy Carolinas for most homes, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative on some outskirts. 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 Clemson
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 Clemson
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.