A full system inspection covering modules, racking, conduit, grounding and inverter — the maintenance visit most Tampa homeowners never got scheduled after their install crew drove away.
Bay salt aerosol
Anything within a mile of Hillsborough Bay or Old Tampa Bay picks up a salt film that hardens into a haze the first time it bakes in the sun. Rain does not rinse it — it just redeposits it.
Oak canopy and tannin
Hyde Park, Beach Park and Seminole Heights sit under mature live oaks. Catkin drop in March and leaf drop in December leave organic staining that etches if it is left to sit through a wet summer.
Interstate and airport grit
Homes along I-275, I-4, the Selmon and the TPA approach paths accumulate a fine grey carbon film that dulls output without ever looking obviously dirty from the ground.
A genuine mix: 1920s bungalows in Seminole Heights and Hyde Park with architectural shingle and steep 8/12 pitches, barrel and flat concrete tile on the newer Westchase and New Tampa builds, and a growing number of standing-seam metal roofs on South Tampa rebuilds. Pitch and tile fragility drive most of our pricing variation here.
We inspect the inverter and any optimisers or microinverters for fault codes, error history and abnormal operating temperature, open and inspect the combiner box, and check DC and AC disconnects. Connectors are checked for corrosion and correct seating, and grounding and bonding are verified end to end.
Rail alignment, mid- and end-clamp torque, standoff and flashing condition, conduit supports and roof penetration sealant. Florida wind loading finds anything that was under-torqued at installation, and finding it during an inspection is dramatically cheaper than finding it after a storm.
Tampa is inside Hillsborough County, so there is no travel fee on any visit.