Pee Dee · county seat Kingstree
Solar panel removal, reinstall & repair in Williamsburg County, SC
Farms and blackwater swamp along the Black River make up most of Williamsburg County. Kingstree is the seat and the largest town, and beyond it rooftop arrays sit on brick ranches and metal-roofed farmhouses spread along two-lane roads. The river has flooded parts of Kingstree more than once in recent years, and humid summers wear on wiring and inverters everywhere else.
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How we cover it
A Florida crew, and a straight answer for Williamsburg County
Art of Solar is a Florida solar company, so there is no van around the corner in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County
Permits, power and roofs in Williamsburg County
Expect the county building office to handle rural permits, and ask the town first inside Kingstree, Hemingway or Greeleyville. Santee Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Kingstree, serves most of the county and has its own interconnection steps for member-owned solar, so a system that comes off for a roof job should stay off until the co-op is satisfied. Farmhouses often carry ribbed metal, and some have a newer metal roof screwed over old shingles, which changes what the mounts can grab and how long the screws need to be. The Black River came up in the October 2015 flood and again after Hurricane Florence in 2018. Pines and swamp hardwoods keep the air damp, and mildew, pollen and needles collect along the lower edge of every panel.
Near Hemingway and Greeleyville, the common problems are drips at mounts on older metal roofs and inverters worn out by a decade of summer heat. Around Lane, Cades and the Black Mingo country, tall pines and cypress-lined swamps throw long shade across arrays that were sited in the open years ago. Systems from installers that went out of business are hard to get anyone to touch.
Local details
Williamsburg County at a glance
- Power company
- Santee Electric Cooperative, based in Kingstree, for most of the county
- County seat
- Kingstree
- Region
- Pee Dee, South Carolina
Towns in Williamsburg County
The whole county is the same call
- Kingstree
- Hemingway
- Greeleyville
What we do
Solar services in Williamsburg County
FAQ
Williamsburg County: questions homeowners ask
Can you take solar panels off for a new roof in Williamsburg 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 Pee Dee, 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 Williamsburg County?
Homes in Williamsburg County are generally served by Santee Electric Cooperative, based in Kingstree, for most of the county. 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 Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County
Any brand, any roofer, any original installer. Written quote before a panel moves.