Greenville County · South Carolina
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Simpsonville, SC
Simpsonville was a small mill town around Woodside Mill until the 1980s. Subdivisions have filled its farmland ever since, so the roof stock is fairly uniform: two-story houses with several gables and architectural or older 3-tab shingles, many of them now at or past their first replacement.
✓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 Simpsonville
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Simpsonville. 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 Simpsonville
Permits, power and roofs in Simpsonville
Simpsonville runs its own permit system for addresses inside city limits, and anything outside them goes to Greenville County. Most of the city buys power from Duke Energy Carolinas, with Laurens Electric Cooperative in some outlying areas, and it is worth telling the utility before an array goes offline for a re-roof. The 1990s and 2000s subdivisions were built in waves, so whole streets wear out together, often after the same spring hail storm. Brick fronts, vinyl sides and plenty of gables spread most arrays over two or three planes, so labeling every panel and drawing the layout before removal saves time later. Summer storms bring short bursts of wind that lift loose shingles near rail ends.
In the big neighborhoods off Fairview Road and Harrison Bridge Road, an HOA letter is often the slowest piece of a reinstall, and boards want panels back exactly where they were. Closer to Main Street and the clock tower, older houses sometimes turn up two layers of shingles under the array, and both have to go before anything is remounted. Hail claims covering a whole street at once are not unusual.
Local details
Simpsonville at a glance
- Power company
- Duke Energy Carolinas for most homes, Laurens Electric Cooperative in some outlying areas
- County
- Greenville County
- Region
- Upstate, South Carolina
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FAQ
Simpsonville: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Simpsonville?
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 Simpsonville?
Homes in Simpsonville are generally served by Duke Energy Carolinas for most homes, Laurens Electric Cooperative in some outlying areas. 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 Simpsonville
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 Simpsonville
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.