How long does it take?

Most removal and reinstallation timelines depend on your roofing schedule, but we coordinate everything to keep the process as fast and smooth as possible.

What happens after removal?

Your panels are safely stored until your roof work is completed, then we reinstall and test your system.

Will my roof be damaged?

No. Our process is designed to protect your roof and prevent leaks, and all work is handled by trained professionals.

Can I remove panels myself?

We strongly recommend against it. Improper removal can cause damage to both your roof and your solar system.

Do you work with insurance?

Yes. We help guide you through the insurance process and provide the documentation needed.

Can I upgrade my system during reinstall?

In many cases, yes. We can evaluate upgrade options when reinstalling your system.

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Removal & Reinstall

Panel removal and reinstall in Boca Raton

Boca Raton sits directly on the coast, and much of the housing around Mizner Park went up as planned neighborhoods with a consistent roof line from block to block. Roofs here age in waves rather than one at a time. When a house in 33431 or 33486 has an array bolted across that roof, replacing it stops being a single roofing project and becomes two trades that have to share the same deck in a fixed order.

The sequence almost always begins with a roofing date already on the calendar. Somewhere in that conversation the contractor mentions his crew does not touch solar, and the homeowner discovers the company that installed the array no longer answers the phone. Nobody owns the racking, the conduit or the flashing. The array has to come down cleanly, stay safe for the length of the job, and go back onto what is now a different surface.

At zero distance from the ocean, salt does its damage where nobody looks. Grounding lugs, clamp bolts, rail splices and the metal inside MC4 shells corrode from within the housing while the glass above them still looks new. With the modules off the roof and sitting at eye level, every one of those connection points can be opened and judged individually. It is the only moment in a system's life when that is practical.

Boca Raton is an incorporated city, so the permit and the electrical reinspection run through the city rather than Palm Beach County. FPL serves these addresses and credits exported power at the retail rate, and that arrangement does not change because the modules came off and went back on. This is planned work built around a roofing calendar, which is why covering it from Orlando or Tampa on a booked window works cleanly.

What We Check

On a Boca Raton removal we get these right

Removal dated against the tear-offThe array has to be down before shingles or tile come off, and reinstallation cannot begin until the new roof is finished and passed. Setting both dates at the start avoids the expensive middle case: an open roof waiting on a solar crew that was called a week too late.

Every connection opened while it is downOn a coastal lot the failures start inside the hardware. Lugs, clamp bolts, rail splices and connector shells get inspected individually with the array on the ground, and anything corroded is replaced before it goes back up. None of that is reachable once the modules sit over a new roof.

Handling rules that prevent microcracksModules are never rested face down on their glass, never stacked without separators, and never lifted by one long edge of the frame. Cracks born that way do not show as damage. They show up months later as a string that quietly underproduces, with no error code pointing back to the day it happened.

Storage for the full length of the roof jobA tile or shingle replacement can run days or weeks, and the panels need somewhere dry, shaded and off the ground the entire time. Where they go is agreed before removal day, not improvised in the driveway, and each row is labeled so it returns to the position it was mapped from.

New penetrations in structure, flashed correctlyReinstallation puts fresh holes in a brand new roof. Each one has to land in framing, not just decking, and each flashing has to tuck under the course above it rather than sit on top with sealant. That single detail decides whether the roof stays watertight through the next storm season.

Permit, reinspection and warranty ownershipThe city issues the permit and signs off the electrical reinspection before the system is energized again. Just as important is writing down who owns what afterward, because the panel warranty, the inverter warranty and the new roof warranty are three separate documents with three different companies behind them.

FAQ

Solar service in Boca Raton — common questions

Do I need a permit to remove and reinstall solar panels in Boca Raton?

In most cases yes. Taking an array down and putting it back involves disconnecting and reconnecting DC and AC circuits, so it is generally permitted work with an electrical inspection at the end. Boca Raton is incorporated, which means the permit and the inspection go through the city rather than Palm Beach County. The scope is confirmed by address before the job is scheduled.

My roofing contractor says he will not touch the solar. Is that normal?

It is the standard answer. Roofing crews exclude solar because the work involves live DC circuits, module handling and an electrical reinspection none of their licensing covers. The array comes off as its own job before the tear-off and goes back after the new roof passes, which is exactly why the two calendars have to be locked together at the start.

Will my FPL net metering change because the panels came off?

No. FPL credits exported power at the retail rate and the interconnection is tied to the address and the system, not to whether the modules are on the roof this week. What does change is production: the system generates nothing while it is down, so a tight roofing window costs less in lost output than a slow one.

If the roof leaks near the panels later, who is responsible?

It depends on which company made the penetration, which is why it gets documented. The roofer warrants the roof he installed, the solar work warrants the mounts and flashings it created, and the panel and inverter manufacturers cover their own equipment. Three separate warranties, and the reinstallation is the moment to record where each one starts and stops.

The company that installed my system closed. Can the array still be reinstalled?

Yes, and it is a common starting point. An orphaned system needs its own survey first: module and inverter models identified, string layout mapped and labeled before anything is unbolted, and monitoring credentials rebuilt if they were lost with the original installer. That documentation is produced during removal so the reinstallation is not guesswork.

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Other solar work we do here

Repair & maintenanceDiagnostics, inverter faults, monitoring and post-storm checks.

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