Midlands · county seat Columbia
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Richland County, SC
Outside Columbia, Richland County runs from Lake Murray coves to the Congaree floodplain. In between are Fort Jackson, the subdivisions of the northeast and the farm roads of Lower Richland. Roofs range from 1960s ranches in Dentsville to new construction around Blythewood, and each one needs its own plan before the panels come off.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Richland County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Richland 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 Richland County
Permits, power and roofs in Richland County
Richland County issues building permits for unincorporated addresses, while Columbia, Forest Acres, Blythewood and the smaller towns each handle their own limits. Dominion Energy South Carolina is the main utility, but Fairfield Electric Cooperative serves much of the north around Blythewood, Mid-Carolina Electric reaches into the Dutch Fork, and Tri-County Electric covers parts of Lower Richland. The roof stock tracks the decades: brick ranches from the 1960s and 1970s in Dentsville and St. Andrews, 1990s two-story homes off Clemson Road, and farmhouses with metal roofs near Hopkins and Eastover. Willow oaks and loblolly pines grow fast here and can shade an array within a few years. Helene in 2024 still put trees on roofs across the county, and the weather service counted more than two hundred damaged homes.
In Lake Carolina and the subdivisions off Killian Road, the array usually has to come off for a hail or age re-roof and go back exactly as the HOA approved it. Down in Lower Richland, near Hopkins and Gadsden, it is more often an older system on a farmhouse with nobody left to service the inverter. Around Blythewood, where farms are turning into subdivisions, buyers often inherit an array they know nothing about.
Local details
Richland County at a glance
- Power company
- Dominion Energy South Carolina, with Fairfield Electric, Mid-Carolina and Tri-County co-ops on the edges
- County seat
- Columbia
- Region
- Midlands, South Carolina
Towns in Richland County
The whole county is the same call
- Columbia
- St. Andrews
- Dentsville
- Forest Acres
- Blythewood
- Hopkins
FAQ
Richland County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Richland County?
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 Midlands, 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 Richland County?
Homes in Richland County are generally served by Dominion Energy South Carolina, with Fairfield Electric, Mid-Carolina and Tri-County co-ops on the edges. 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 quote
Get a written quote in Richland 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 Richland County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.