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 Eustis

Eustis faces its own lake. Ferran Park and the Lake Walk sit at the bottom of downtown on the shoreline of Lake Eustis, and a town of about 25,000 in 32726 and 32736 spreads back from there into Lake County. It is roughly forty-five miles inland, which places it in the part of the country that takes the most lightning. Roofs here age from sun and summer storms.

The reason an array comes down is almost never the array. A roof reaches twenty years, or an insurer asks for a new one, and the homeowner discovers that the roofing bid excludes the solar and that the company which installed it has moved on. The work in between has a name and a sequence, and it is different from both roofing and new installation.

The City of Eustis bills for water, sewer and trash, but not for electricity. The retail electric provider here is Duke Energy Florida, which credits exported power at the retail rate. That matters at reinstall, because the system has to come back the way it was approved. Changing module count, moving strings to different roof planes or swapping an inverter is a conversation with Duke, not a field decision.

Permits for a removal and reinstall are pulled from the City of Eustis for addresses inside the limits and from Lake County for those outside, and the electrical reinspection afterward belongs to whichever office issued the permit. None of this is urgent work. It is booked against the roofer's calendar, covered from Orlando on a scheduled trip, and the dates are known weeks ahead of time.

What We Check

On a Eustis removal we get these right

The electric account is not the city'sEustis handles water, sewer and trash. Electricity, net metering and the interconnection agreement all sit with Duke Energy Florida. When a reinstall changes anything about the array as approved, the notification goes to Duke. Homeowners who call city hall about their solar credits lose a week finding that out.

Lightning country makes the ground path matterCentral Florida takes more lightning than any other part of the country, and the grounding path is what protects equipment when a strike lands nearby. Every grounding lug, bonding jumper and rail-to-rail connection comes apart during a removal. Each one goes back to specification, not to close enough.

Row by row, with a mapThe array comes off in rows from the top course down, with each module and string labeled as it goes. That map turns reinstall into a reassembly. It also tells you later whether string three is genuinely underperforming or simply plugged into a different inverter input than it was before.

Rain delays are part of the planSummer afternoons stop roofing work in Lake County, and a five-day tear-off becomes ten. Panels need a dry indoor place they can occupy that long, standing on edge with separators, clear of anyone moving a ladder. Set the storage spot before the first module comes down.

Every mount is a new hole in a new roofReinstall penetrations rarely land exactly where the old ones were. Each has to hit a rafter, be sealed, and be flashed under the course above so water runs over the flashing rather than behind it. This is the single most common source of leaks after a reinstall.

Who owns what once the roof is donePanel, inverter and roof warranties are three documents held by three companies. A reroof puts a third party's hands on all of them at once. Before work starts, write down who covers a leak at a mount, who covers a module damaged in handling, and who gets called first.

FAQ

Solar service in Eustis — common questions

Who is my electric utility in Eustis for solar?

Duke Energy Florida. The City of Eustis provides water, sewer and trash service but not electricity, so net metering, the interconnection agreement and any change to the approved system all go through Duke. Your electric bill and the meter itself confirm it, and both get read before an interconnection is touched.

Does the system need to be re-approved after a reinstall?

If it goes back the same size, with the same modules, inverter and layout, it is generally treated as restoring an existing interconnection. If module count, inverter or roof planes change, that is a modification and it goes to Duke before the system is energized. Paperwork first, energize second.

Should the roofer install the mounts and let solar come back later?

It happens and it can work, but it has to be decided in advance because it moves responsibility for every penetration to the roofing contractor. The alternative is that the solar crew sets its own mounts and flashings on the finished roof and owns those holes. Disputes come from nobody deciding.

Can this be done during hurricane season?

Yes, and the season running June 1 through November 30 is exactly why the schedule stays tight. An array on the ground is safer than one on a stripped roof, so the plan keeps the window between tear-off and reinstall short, and a removal does not begin when a named system is already being tracked.

How do I know the panels were not damaged during the work?

Ask for production data after reinstall, compared string by string against what the system did on similar days before. Microcracks from poor handling do not look like anything. They show up as one string trailing the others. A check at commissioning, with numbers written down, gives you a baseline to argue from.

Also in Eustis

Other solar work we do here

Repair & maintenanceDiagnostics, inverter faults, monitoring and post-storm checks.New installationSizing, interconnection and permitting for a new system.

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