New roof going on and solar panels in the way? We detach, store, and reset your array so your Windsor roofer stays on schedule.
Windsor sits right between Greeley and Fort Collins, and it has grown faster than almost any town in Northern Colorado. Newer neighborhoods like Water Valley, RainDance, and Highland Meadows are full of homes built in the last fifteen years, and a lot of them went solar early. That's great for your power bill, but when hail totals your shingles, those panels have to come off before a roofer can touch the deck.
That's the one job we do. Solar detach and reset means we remove your panels and racking, store them safely, let your roofer do their work, then reinstall everything and confirm the system is producing again. You keep your roofer, we handle the solar side, and a typical hail claim scope covers most or all of it. Call (970) 286-3417 for a free written estimate.
Full removal and reinstall of your panels and racking for a Windsor reroof, timed around your roofer's tear-off date, with the system tested and producing before we leave.
Need panels off for good, or off for an extended remodel? We handle permanent and long-term removal in Windsor with safe disconnection and storage options.
Windsor takes hail hard. We inspect panels, racking, and wiring after a storm and document hail damage so it lands in your insurance scope, not out of pocket.
Cracked glass, exposed wiring, or panels shifted by wind? Our emergency line covers Windsor around the clock during storm season.
Windsor has been hit by major hail again and again, and longtime locals still remember the 2008 tornado that tore through town. When a big cell rolls off the foothills and tracks along the Highway 392 corridor, it doesn't skip the newer subdivisions. Big, south-facing roof planes are exactly where builders put solar, and exactly where hail does its worst.
Because so much of Windsor's housing is newer construction with high solar adoption, a single storm can put hundreds of solar homes into the reroof pipeline at once. Roofers get booked out fast, and the homes that get reroofed first are usually the ones where the solar detach is already scheduled. Lining us up early keeps you from losing your slot.
We work both sides of the county line too. Windsor straddles Weld and Larimer counties, and we take jobs on either side, from Water Valley and the lake neighborhoods to Highland Meadows and the newer builds out toward Severance.
If hail is driving your reroof, your insurance scope should include a line item for solar detach and reset. Adjusters see it constantly in Northern Colorado, but the first scope sometimes leaves it out or underprices it. We give you a free written estimate you can hand straight to your adjuster or roofer, which makes a supplement much easier if the numbers need to move.
We're not lawyers and we won't pretend to be, but we've been through enough scopes to know what a fair detach and reset allowance looks like. Our guide to solar removal and reinstall cost breaks down what drives the number, from panel count to roof pitch to whether your racking survived the storm.
On job day, we coordinate directly with your roofing crew. Panels come off before tear-off, get labeled and stored safely, and go back on after the final roofing inspection with fresh flashing at every mount. Most Windsor homes are a one-day detach and a one-day reset.
A lot of Windsor's newer neighborhoods have active HOAs and metro districts with architectural guidelines. Colorado law protects your right to have solar, so an HOA can't make you take the panels off for good. But some communities do care about panel layout, conduit runs, and how everything looks after a reroof, especially on street-facing roof planes.
The simple fix is to put everything back the way it was approved in the first place. We photograph your array before detach, match the original layout on reset, and keep conduit and wiring tidy. If your HOA wants documentation, we provide photos and a description of the work so you're covered.
If you're thinking about changing things while the panels are off, adding capacity, or moving the array to a different roof plane, tell us early. That usually means a conversation with your HOA and possibly the town before reset day, and it goes a lot smoother when it's planned instead of improvised.
Most residential jobs price out per panel, and the total depends on panel count, roof pitch, and racking condition. Windsor's newer homes tend to have larger arrays, which pushes toward the higher end of the range. We'll give you a free written estimate with real numbers, and our cost guide explains what moves the price up or down.
If we reinstall the array in its original approved location and layout, most Windsor HOAs treat it as maintenance rather than a new installation. Colorado law also limits how much an HOA can restrict solar. If you want to change the layout or add panels during the reset, check with your HOA first, and we'll help with photos and documentation either way.
Not much on your end. Permits for a detach and reset inside town limits generally run through the Town of Windsor rather than the county, and we sort out which jurisdiction and utility apply to your address. It's one of the reasons it helps to use a local crew that works both sides of the line every week.
We're based in Greeley, a short drive from Windsor along Highway 392, and we run a 24/7 emergency line at (970) 286-3417 for storm damage. If panels are cracked or wiring is exposed, we can usually get eyes on it the same day. For full detach and reset scheduling after a big storm, calling early matters because the whole town needs roofers at once.
Free written estimates for Greeley and Northern Colorado. Storm-damage calls answered around the clock.
