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

On the ground in Fairfield County

Permits, power and roofs in Fairfield County

Winnsboro is the first stop for an address inside town; the rest of the county answers to the county's permit office. Fairfield Electric Cooperative serves much of the county outside town, Newberry Electric reaches parts of the west, and Dominion Energy South Carolina serves some areas, so it pays to read the meter tag before planning a reinstall. Winnsboro's older streets, around the 1823 courthouse and the 1837 town clock, have two-story houses with steep roofs and old sheathing. Out in the country the roofs are metal on farmhouses and shingle on brick ranches and manufactured homes. Lake Wateree houses on the east side and Monticello Reservoir houses near the Summer nuclear station sit under tall hardwoods and pines. Helene's winds here, around 60 to 70 mph by the weather service's estimate, were weaker than farther west but still dropped trees on houses.

Around Lake Wateree and the Monticello Reservoir, the trouble tends to be shade and debris, with pines and hardwoods dropping needles and leaves into the gap under the panels. In Winnsboro and Ridgeway, older roofs that carried an array for years can show soft decking once the panels come off, and that changes the plan for the reinstall.