Solar Pool Heater Removal & Reinstall for Roof Replacement in Central Florida

If you heat your pool with the sun, those panels on your roof aren’t electric — they’re a solar pool heating system, and they have to come off before your roof can be replaced. The trouble is that most roofers won’t remove them and most solar companies only work on electric panels. AllSolar Energy is one of the few licensed contractors in Central Florida that removes and reinstalls solar pool heaters for roof replacements. We’ve done it since 1999.

Your solar pool heater has to come off before a reroof

A solar pool heating system is a set of black collector panels plumbed into your pool’s circulation loop. They sit right on the roof deck, held by straps or mounts and connected by supply and return lines. A roofer can’t tear off and replace the roof underneath them, so the panels, headers, and plumbing all have to be removed first — then reinstalled once the new roof is on. This is the pool-heat version of a solar detach and reset, and it takes a plumber’s care as much as a roofer’s.

Why most roofers and solar companies won’t touch it

Roofers don’t want the liability of draining, disconnecting, and re-plumbing a pressurized pool loop, and they won’t warranty a leak that shows up later. Electric-only solar installers, meanwhile, simply don’t work on thermal systems. That leaves a lot of homeowners stuck — told they need a new roof, but with no one willing to move the pool panels. That’s exactly the gap AllSolar fills.

How we remove and reinstall solar pool heating systems

Our process is straightforward and coordinated with your roofer:

• We drain the system and disconnect the supply and return lines.
• We remove the collector panels, headers, and roof straps or mounts, and set them aside safely.
• Your roofer replaces the roof with a clear deck to work on.
• We remount the panels, re-plumb the loop, and reconnect to your pool equipment.
• We recharge the system, pressure-check every connection, and confirm it’s heating before we leave.

If any collector or header is cracked, brittle, or leaking, we’ll flag it before it goes back up so you’re not paying to reinstall a failing panel.

Solar hot water systems too

The same is true for solar hot water (domestic water heating) collectors. These heat the water for your home instead of your pool, and they also have to be detached for a reroof. AllSolar removes, reinstalls, drains, and recharges solar water heating systems, and leak-tests them before reactivating. Whether it’s pool heat, hot water, or electric PV, we handle all three — most companies only do one.

Counties we serve

AllSolar Energy provides solar pool heater and hot water removal and reinstall across 17 Central Florida counties: Seminole, Orange, Volusia, Osceola, Lake, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk, Brevard, Marion, Sumter, Hernando, Citrus, Flagler, and Alachua. Also see our main solar panel removal and reinstall page and our roofing contractor partner page.

Licensed, insured, local since 1999

AllSolar Energy is a licensed Florida solar and electrical contractor (CVC056660 and EC13005027), fully insured and family-run out of Sanford. We’ve been installing and servicing solar pool heating, solar hot water, and solar electric systems across Central Florida for more than 25 years, and more than 80 companies refer work to us.