How do you keep a Tempe commercial building dried in during a phased detach?

We detach by roof section rather than all at once, so your roofing crew only ever has as much open deck as they can dry in before the end of the day. Combiner boxes and DC runs are documented at each phase and re-terminated at reset.

Do you record the ballast pattern on commercial resets?

Yes. The ballast layout is photographed and recorded at detach so the array is reset to the original engineered load distribution, and that record goes into the closeout package.

Can property managers get updates without site access?

Daily logs and phase-tagged photo sets are issued each evening during the job, and the full branded photo log PDF is delivered at closeout.

Tempe, Arizona / Maricopa County

Solar panel detach & reset in Tempe, AZ

RA Development Group handles solar panel detach and reset for Tempe roofing contractors, including phased commercial detaches on multi-tenant buildings that must stay dried in overnight.

Tempe is our most commercial-heavy market. Office, flex, and multi-tenant buildings around the 60 and Rural Road corridors carry large ballasted arrays, and the constraint on those jobs is never the panels — it is keeping the deck watertight while a tenant is working underneath it.

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What Tempe roofs actually look like

Roof covering and racking type drive the labor on both phases, so here is what we find on Tempe jobs.

Multi-tenant office and flex space runs TPO and other single-ply membranes with ballasted commercial racking, detached in phases by roof section.
Central Tempe residential is largely 1960s to 1980s shingle and low-slope, much of it near ASU with rental-property owners as the decision maker.
South Tempe subdivisions like Warner Ranch and The Lakes are shingle and tile with conventional rail-mounted arrays.
Ballast pattern documentation matters more here than anywhere else in the metro, because the engineering load record has to match the original design when the array goes back.

Typical array size

Commercial Tempe arrays commonly run 60 to 120 panels. Residential is 18 to 30.

Scheduling

Phased commercial jobs typically run detach over two days, roofing for a week, then reset over two days. Residential Tempe work books on the standard three-to-five-day East Valley lead time.

Permits & site rules

Commercial detach and reset in Tempe frequently involves the property manager as well as the building owner. We issue daily logs and photo sets each evening during phased work so the manager can see progress without walking the roof.

Tempe areas we work in regularly

Warner Ranch · The Lakes · Dobson Woods · Optimist Park · Tempe Gateway · Rural Road corridor — and the rest of Tempe and Maricopa County.

Recent work

Detach & reset jobs in Tempe

Crew removing rows of solar panels from a large commercial TPO flat roof in Tempe, Arizona

Warner Ranch · Commercial · 96 panels

96-panel commercial detach & reset in Warner Ranch

Multi-tenant office building in Tempe. The array had to come off in phases so the roofer could keep half the deck watertight at all times.

Request

Schedule a Tempe detach & reset

$110 per panel standard, adders shown as you go. Pick your detach and reset dates and dispatch confirms or counters.

The job site

Where the panels come off. Address stays private to RA.

Homeowner / site name *

Street address *

City *

ZIP

Homeowner phone

Homeowner email

Property type

The array

Panel count drives the price. Everything else keeps the crew from getting surprised.

Panel count *

Stories

Roof type

Roof covering going back on

Structure

Panel / racking make

Inverter type

Utility

Known panel or racking damage

Scope add-ons

Tap anything that applies — the estimate updates instantly.

Where do panels live between phases?

Site access (gate code, dog, parking)

HOA / occupancy notes

Schedule it

Pick the days that fit your tear-off. RA confirms within one business day.

Your tear-off starts

Detach date *

Reset date *

Anything else the crew should know

Your info

So RA knows who to call and where to send the photo log.

Roofing company *

Your job / PO number

Your name *

Your phone or email *

On-site contact (if different)

On-site contact phone

Best way to reach you

Photos (optional)

Array shots or a roof overview speed up confirmation.

Add photos of the array

Estimated cost

$2,640

Standard rate — $110 per panel. Volume partners get a locked rate.

Detach & reset24 panels × $110: $2,640

Estimate only. Final number is confirmed after RA verifies panel count, racking and roof access. Nothing is charged here.

Your form is saved — finish the 30-second signup and it submits itself.

Estimated cost

$2,640

Standard rate — $110 per panel. Volume partners get a locked rate.

Detach & reset24 panels × $110: $2,640

Estimate only. Final number is confirmed after RA verifies panel count, racking and roof access. Nothing is charged here.

Your form is saved — finish the 30-second signup and it submits itself.

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