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If you’re looking into Solar Panel Installation in Fort Worth, here’s the short version: a properly sized system for a typical Tarrant County house runs between $16,000 and $28,000 before the federal tax credit, and the whole process from first quote to final inspection usually takes 45 to 90 days. We quote off your actual Oncor bill, not a brochure, and we won’t ask you to sign anything tonight. Call (877) 550-6892 and you’ll get a live person, any hour.
Gus Petrakis started Gus’s Solar in 2011, and his name is on the truck that pulls up to homes in 76107, 76105, and across the city. That matters when the national outfits that canvassed your street last spring have already changed their phone number.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why Fort Worth Homeowners Choose Gus’s Solar
Two things come up again and again when we ask our Fort Worth customers why they called us: they wanted a real person who answers the phone, and they wanted someone to look them in the eye instead of reading from a tablet script. Gus’s Solar is owner-operated, and that is not marketing language. Gus Petrakis answers his own phone at 2 p.m. and at 2 a.m., and when something goes wrong with your system five years from now, the same person who quoted you is the one who shows up.
We work throughout the older neighborhoods inside Loop 820, places like Fairmount and Ryan Place, where the homes are beautiful and the roofs are old enough that we’re often the third or fourth contractor to walk them. We’ve also done dozens of installs out in Wedgewood East and up near Oakhurst. The reviews from Fort Worth homeowners speak to the same things: we show up when we say we will, we keep the work site clean, and we do not disappear. Our crew is background-checked and uniformed, and they’re our own people. We do not hand your roof off to a sub.
Solar Services We Offer in Fort Worth
Solar Panel Installation
Installing panels on a Fort Worth roof means knowing the difference between a 1920s Craftsman in Fairmount and a 1970s ranch in East Fort Worth. We evaluate your roof structure before we quote, not after we start. Learn more about our Solar Panel Installation in Fort Worth.
Solar Battery Storage & Backup
With Oncor as your wires utility and no guaranteed net metering in Texas, battery storage changes the whole math of your system. You store what you make instead of selling it back at wholesale rates. Learn more about our Solar Battery Storage & Backup in Fort Worth.
Solar Panel Cleaning
Fort Worth pollen season, construction dust from the western growth corridors, and the general grit of a dry Texas summer all cut into panel output faster than people expect. A yearly cleaning keeps your production where it should be. Learn more about our Solar Panel Cleaning in Fort Worth.
EV Charger Installation
If you’re driving an EV in Fort Worth, you want to charge at home, not wait in line at a station off I-30. We handle EV Charger Installation - Fort Worth homeowners trust, with Level 2 chargers sized to your panel and your actual driving range.
Solar Panel Maintenance & Monitoring
We monitor systems after install, and if a panel underperforms, Gus calls you. You do not have to watch an app and wonder whether what you’re seeing is normal.
Solar Panel Repair
Hail dings, cracked glass, inverter faults. If your system is not producing, we diagnose it quickly and tell you straight whether it’s worth repairing or replacing. We offer $40 off any repair over $200.
Commercial Solar Installation
Fort Worth warehouses, churches, and small manufacturing shops have big flat roofs and big electric bills. Owner-occupied commercial solar pays for itself faster than most owners think.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Fort Worth
We cover all of Fort Worth, and most of our customers call from these areas:
- Fairmount (76104): historic homes, frequent roof reinforcement before racking
- Arlington Heights (76107): 1930s-1950s build stock, tree shading that affects panel layout
- Wedgewood East (76133): 1960s-70s ranch homes with low-slope roofs
- Oakhurst (76111): near North Side, lots of postwar frame construction
- Summer Creek (76123): newer builds in far south Fort Worth with more attic insulation than the old neighborhoods
Typical response time anywhere in the city is same day or next day for estimates and repairs, and we have no trip charge inside Tarrant County.
Why Fort Worth’s Climate & Housing Affect Solar
Fort Worth sits square in the middle of Hail Alley, and Tarrant County is one of the most hail-struck counties in the country. Storms here regularly drop golf-ball-sized hail, and standard-spec panels crack under that kind of impact. Every solar proposal we write for a Fort Worth home leads with IEC 61215 Class 4 impact-resistant panel specs. Local homeowners’ insurers are increasingly asking for documented hail ratings at policy renewal time, so the panel you choose now affects what your insurance costs later. We carry hail-rated panels from Qcells and REC, and we’ll show you the spec sheets before you sign anything.
The housing stock matters, too. The inner ZIPs around 76104 through 76106 are full of 1920s-1950s Craftsman bungalows and postwar frame homes, and their original roof decking often needs evaluation or sistering before racking can be safely anchored. The 1960s-70s ranches across the east and southeast quadrants have low-slope roofs that work well for solar angles, but their lighter framing frequently needs added blocking at the rail attachment points. A company that just slaps panels on a 1950s roof in Ryan Place without checking the decking is going to hand you a leak within five years. We check first.
Then there’s the utility math. Oncor delivers your power, but your bill comes from whichever retail electric provider you picked, and many of them credit excess solar generation at wholesale rates, not retail. We audit your current plan before finalizing any quote, and we’ll recommend a solar-friendly REP or size a Fort Worth Solar Battery Storage & Backup system so you keep what you produce. That step alone can change your payback by thousands of dollars over the life of the system.
Pricing for Solar in Fort Worth
You deserve real numbers. Here’s what Fort Worth homeowners are actually paying:
- Full system install (6kW-10kW): $16,000-$28,000 before the federal tax credit
- Battery add-on (one unit, installed): $8,500-$14,000 before incentives
- Panel cleaning (single story): $150-$300 per cleaning
- EV charger install (Level 2, panel nearby): $600-$1,500
- Panel or inverter repair: $200-$800 most cases, with $40 off over $200
That is the price range you should expect if someone is being honest with you. Estimates are free, and we offer a free second opinion on any written quote. Take two weeks. Think about it. The price will be the same.
Service Area - Cities Near Fort Worth
If you live just outside the city line, we serve the surrounding communities too, including River Oaks, Forest Hill, Haltom City, and Benbrook. Same crew, same owner answering the phone, same no-pressure quote, whether your home is in 76105 or across the line in Haltom City.
Serving Fort Worth, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Worth area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Solar in Fort Worth
A residential solar system in Fort Worth typically costs $16,000 to $28,000 before the 30% federal tax credit, depending on system size, roof condition, and whether you add battery storage or Fort Worth Solar Panel Cleaning to your maintenance plan. Call (877) 550-6892 for an exact quote off your actual bill, free.
Yes, for most homeowners, mainly because Fort Worth gets roughly 229 sunny days a year and sits slightly west of Dallas, pulling about 5.1 to 5.3 peak sun hours daily. But the real answer depends on your retail electric provider’s buyback rate, which we audit before quoting. Some REPs make solar barely worth it, and others make it a clear win.
Yes. Fort Worth is in Hail Alley, and Tarrant County gets hit hard. You want panels rated to IEC 61215 Class 4 impact standards, and you want documentation of that rating for your insurer. We install hail-rated panels from Qcells and REC as standard on Fort Worth homes.
We do it often. If a national installer vanished after your system went live, we’ll diagnose the problem and tell you straight whether it’s worth repairing. We offer $40 off any repair over $200, and a live person answers the phone 24/7.
Most residential installs take 3 to 5 days on the roof, with the full process from signed agreement to permission-to-operate running 45 to 90 days depending on Oncor’s interconnection queue and city permitting. We handle all of that for you.
Written by Gus Petrakis, Owner at Gus’s Solar. Gus founded the company in 2011 and still answers his own phone. Home
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local solar pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, typically within 1-hour.
- 4You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
What Fort Worth Customers Say
"He modelled it on my actual bill and the current export rates rather than the old ones, and told me plainly that the payback was longer than the door knockers had claimed. Then it came in about where he said it would."
- Octavius Redmond"Production dropped one spring and I did not even notice. Gus rang me, because he watches the monitoring, and had it sorted the same week."
- Sunita Balakrishnan"My previous solar company went out of business and left me with an array nobody would touch. Gus took the system over, replaced two dead microinverters, and it has run properly since."
- Ferdinand Kaltenbrunner