Rural Plant City properties deal with rats, mice, snakes and nesting birds under solar arrays — agricultural land supports a lot more rodent pressure than a subdivision does. Perimeter mesh seals the gap for good.
Agricultural soil dust
Tilling and harvest raise fine sandy loam that travels well on dry-season winds and settles heavily. This is the highest particulate loading of any city we serve.
Plastic mulch and field burn residue
Strawberry culture uses acres of plastic mulch, and field operations put a distinctive fine residue in the air that bonds to warm glass.
Truck and equipment diesel
Harvest season brings constant heavy-vehicle traffic on rural roads, adding soot to the dust already there.
A wide spread: metal roofs on agricultural and older rural properties, shingle in Walden Lake and the newer subdivisions, and standing-seam and low-slope commercial on packing houses and warehouses. Metal roofs change how we approach both cleaning and critter guard fastening.
Rigid galvanized steel mesh with a black powder-coat finish, sized to the exact perimeter of your array so it reads as part of the system rather than a bolt-on cage. The mesh is secured with stainless steel clips that grip the panel frame directly. Nothing is drilled into your roof and no penetrations are created that could later leak.
Guarding an occupied array just traps the problem inside. Every install starts with removing nests, droppings and debris from under the modules, sanitising the deck area, and checking for chewed conductors or damaged conduit while we have the access.
Plant City is inside Hillsborough County, so there is no travel fee on any visit.