In short
Morales Solar Solutions removes and reinstalls solar arrays for roofing contractors across New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. The array comes off before your tear off, gets stacked and covered on site, and goes back up once the new roof is down. We handle the shutdown, the removal, the reflashing and the reconnection, so your crew never touches a live conductor.
Why a solar roof is not a job to turn down
Plenty of roofers pass on a house with panels on it, because the array turns a clean two day job into a scheduling problem with somebody else's equipment on it. That is understandable, and it is also a lot of work going to whoever will take it.
The way through it is the same one the trade already uses for tear off: sub it to a crew that does nothing else. You keep the roof, you keep the customer, and the part that is not yours to touch stops being your problem.
What we take off your job
- The electrical side. System shut down in order, isolated, locked out and proved dead before a single clamp comes loose. Brought back up and tested at the end.
- The schedule risk. Panels come off before the tear off starts, not the morning of. The roof does not sit open waiting on us.
- The panels themselves. Labelled, lowered, stacked on pallets and covered on site, out of your crew's way.
- The penetrations. Every mount reflashed under the shingle course above it when the array goes back, so the holes in your new roof are not a callback waiting to happen.
- The handover. Strings landed, inverter online, output checked against what the array should be making, and the homeowner shown it running.
We do not sell solar systems
Most companies offering to do this for you install and sell solar for a living. Every job you hand them is a warm introduction to a homeowner already spending money on their roof. You know it, and so do they.
We do removal, reinstall, repair, cleaning and maintenance. There is no system for us to quote your customer, no financing conversation to start on your ladder, and no reason for us to be on that roof again after the panels are back on it.
How a job runs
- 01
You send the job
Panel count, roof type, storeys, access and your tear off date. Photos from the driveway are usually enough to price it.
- 02
We book around your date
Removal goes in the calendar first and your roof gets scheduled around it, which is the order that stops a roof sitting open.
- 03
Panels off, roof yours
Array down and stacked, racking off, penetrations covered so the deck is watertight overnight. Then we are out of your way.
- 04
Panels back, system tested
We come back the day you finish. Racking reset, every penetration reflashed, panels rehung, system reconnected and the output confirmed.
Storm and insurance work
On a hail or wind claim, taking a solar array off and putting it back is its own line, separate from the roof itself, and it is one of the items that gets left out of a first scope more often than not. Walk the roof, photograph what is attached to it, and it goes in the supplement.
We will give you the photographs and a written scope of what the removal and reinstall actually involves, in a form you can hand to the adjuster. That is work you were going to absorb otherwise.
Paperwork
Any roofer running commercial work or subbing under a general contractor needs a certificate of insurance before a crew sets foot on site, and often needs to be named as an additional insured, which is a specific endorsement rather than a line typed onto a certificate.
Ask us for the current certificate and licence numbers before you book the first job. Any subcontractor who hesitates at that question is telling you something.
Questions roofers ask
Who is responsible if a panel is damaged during removal?
We are. The panels are in our hands from the moment we start the shutdown to the moment we hand the system back running, and damage we cause on our end is ours to put right. Get that in writing from anyone you sub this to, including us.
Does taking the panels off void the homeowner's warranty?
The panel and inverter warranties are contracts between the homeowner and the manufacturer, and they survive work by a contractor who did not install the system. What does not transfer is the original installer's workmanship warranty on the labour. That part becomes ours for the work we do.
Can my own crew just take the panels off?
A solar array is live whenever there is light on it, so the conductors are carrying DC voltage even with the breaker off. Taking that down is electrical work, and in New Jersey it is regulated as electrical contracting. It is not a job to hand a roofing crew, and your insurer will take the same view.
How far ahead do you need to be booked?
Call us as soon as the roof is sold rather than the week before the tear off. We schedule the removal around your start date, not the other way around, and the earlier the date is in our calendar the easier that is.
Will you try to sell my customer a solar system?
No. We do removal, reinstall, repair and maintenance. We are not going to turn up on your job and quote your customer for something that competes with you, because we have nothing to sell them.
What do you need from me to price it?
Panel count, roof type, how many storeys, whether a lift can reach it, and your tear off date. A couple of photos from the driveway usually answers most of that faster than a description.