solar permit service, code compliant system documents & permitting
- Solar Design, Drafting and Permit Document Service.
- Solar permit service is offered along with our home and
business solar packages. Building permit service is available to help you get through your local jurisdiction solar permit process. Our
team of professional designers can provide the documents and blueprints necessary. We have a data
bank of what is needed for every jurisdiction in the country and can produce the design documents necessary to secure a solar building
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The fee paid to the local jurisdiction is not included in the purchase of the service. This permit service can be included as part of the costs
associated with installing your solar system qualifying for a 30% federal tax credit.
Product Specifications
After purchasing the solar design service along with your solar kit, Blue Pacific Solars’ team of designers will go to work. First you will receive a simple questionnaire that will need to be completed and sent back.
Don't worry, if you have trouble with some of the questions, our staff is standing by to help.
Our experienced team of installers and designers will then apply our comprehensive database of local nationwide permit requirements including any amended designs that may be required by code officials. We coordinate the application with your local building department jurisdiction custom drafting the plans that will be needed along with the specifications and other documents to submit your solar installation permit.
Here is what you get; Three (3) complete sets of plans and documents including the local building permit document filled out ready for your signature. The drawing sheet size is 18” x 24” (Unless specified by local code authority) which include the following:
Cover Page: aerial image, parcel map, vicinity map, and general description of project.- Layout: location of all major hardware and electrical components with respect to property lines and existing structures.
- Mounting Method (aka "elevations"): shows how all the hardware and racking will be put together.
- Electrical Diagram (aka "three-line wire diagram"): shows the wiring details of the PV system.
- Calculations: shows voltage and ampacity calculations, per NEC 690.
- All Equipment Specifications and Installation Manuals.
- Additional follow up drawings if needed by the code officials.
We then express ship your drawings and documents to you ready for your signature. All you have to do after that is take the permit package down to your local building department, along with the building permit fees, and they will notify you when the permit has been approved.
NOTE: If your unique local code jurisdiction requires a local licensed engineer review and stamp, or soil engineering report, those additional service are not included in the purchase of the plan service. We would be happy to also provide custom local engineering for an additional fee.
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Homeowners installing their own solar panel kits are becoming a common occurrence. Complete solar installation kits are readily available as pre-packaged solar shipped to a home ready to install.
Each community has their own set of building codes that applies to the installation of solar equipment that tied to the national electric and building codes. Building codes are put in place to provide standards and methods for installing solar and other home improvement projects.
Sometimes homeowners make the mistake of circumventing the solar permitting process and just have the system installed thinking they can save a couple of hundred dollars. Don't do it. The solar permitting process, like all generally accepted building codes, are put in place to ensure the longevity of the project as well as the safety of those who might interact with the solar system. There are also some significant consequences if the building department discovers the solar installation. You may be subject to fine as well as the removal of all the equipment requiring you to start from scratch.
Additionally, in most areas, solar rebates are tied to the sign off of the solar building permit. Once the final solar inspection is signed off by the building official, the homeowner can process the rebate which, of course, is generally a significant amount of money.
The solar permit process is both technical and administrative. Product standards, installation codes and enforcement are separate but related functions that result in higher quality and safer systems.