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Roofers in Maine

243 zip codes with active providers out of 415 total (58.6% coverage). Ranked #31 of 49 states by avg bid.

State Avg

$101.44

National Avg

$127.25

Coverage

58.6%

vs National

-20.3%

State vs National Average

Maine: $101-20.3% vs National Avg

Dashed line = National Avg ($127)

Roofer Costs in Maine

Typical cost range: $350–$1,000 for repairs; $8,000–$20,000+ for full replacement

Minor leak repair (1–2 areas)$300–$800

Shingle replacement (per square)$350–$600

Full asphalt shingle roof replacement$8,000–$15,000

Metal roof installation$12,000–$25,000

Flat roof repair or coating$500–$2,000

Gutter replacement (whole house)$1,000–$2,500

When to Hire a Roofer

Emergency service available in most areas

•You find water stains on your ceiling or walls, which often means a roof leak has been developing for weeks

•Shingles are curling, cracking, missing, or you find granules accumulating in your gutters

•Your roof is 20+ years old and you're seeing signs of wear — most asphalt shingle roofs last 20–30 years

•A hailstorm or severe wind event hit your area and you need a professional damage assessment

What to Look For

Licensed, bonded, and insured with proof of general liability and workers' comp — roofing is one of the most dangerous trades

Manufacturer certification (GAF Master Elite, CertainTeed SELECT, Owens Corning Preferred) which enables extended warranty coverage

Local reputation with verifiable references — avoid storm chasers who blow through town after hail events

Written scope of work that specifies materials, underlayment type, flashing details, and cleanup procedures

Common Roofer Problems in Maine

Shingle deterioration from UV exposure and weather cycling — the most common reason roofs fail

Flashing failures around chimneys, skylights, and vents that allow water intrusion at seams

Ice dams in cold climates that force water under shingles and into your attic

Poor attic ventilation that causes heat buildup, accelerating shingle aging and creating moisture problems

Storm damage from hail, wind, and falling debris that may not be visible from the ground

Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Roofer in Maine

“Will you remove the existing shingles down to the deck, or install over the old layer?”

Layering shingles over old ones is cheaper but hides underlying damage, adds weight to your roof structure, and voids most manufacturer warranties. A full tear-off is almost always the better investment.

“What underlayment and flashing materials will you use?”

Cheap synthetic underlayment and reused flashing are where corners get cut. Ice and water shield in valleys and around penetrations is critical for leak prevention.

“Do you handle the insurance claim process, and what's your experience with adjusters?”

If the work is storm-related, an experienced roofer can document damage properly and work with your adjuster. But be wary of roofers who want to sign an Assignment of Benefits (AOB) — this gives them control of your insurance claim.

“What warranty do I get — from both you and the manufacturer?”

You should get a workmanship warranty from the roofer (2–10 years) plus a manufacturer warranty on materials (25–50 years). Manufacturer-certified contractors can often offer enhanced coverage.

“How will you protect my landscaping, siding, and property during the job?”

Roof replacement creates a lot of debris. Professional roofers use tarps, magnetic nail sweepers, and dump trailers. Ask about their cleanup process before signing anything.

Red Flags When Hiring a Roofer

✖Asks you to pay the full amount before work begins — a deposit of 25–33% is reasonable, full payment up front is not
✖Only provides a verbal estimate with no written scope of work or contract
✖Pressures you to sign immediately or claims a 'today only' discount — legitimate contractors give you time to decide
✖Has no local business address, just a phone number and a truck — storm chasers are nearly impossible to track down if something goes wrong

DIY vs Hiring a Professional Roofer

You can safely clean gutters, trim overhanging branches, and do a visual inspection from the ground with binoculars. Minor repairs like replacing a single shingle on a low-slope roof are possible for handy homeowners. But anything involving flashing, valleys, multiple leak points, or working on a steep pitch should be left to professionals. Falls from roofs are a leading cause of home injury deaths, and improper repairs often make leaks worse.

Roofer Safety Tips

Never walk on a wet, icy, or steeply pitched roof — roofers use specialized safety harnesses and equipment for good reason
Be extremely cautious of storm chasers who knock on your door offering free inspections after severe weather — many do shoddy work and disappear
Ensure any roofer working on your home has workers' compensation insurance — if an uninsured worker falls on your property, you could be liable

Best Time to Hire a Roofer in Maine

Roofers are busiest from late spring through early fall and immediately after major storm events. If your roof needs non-emergency replacement, scheduling in late winter or early spring often means shorter wait times and sometimes off-season pricing. After a hailstorm, wait a few days before calling — reputable local roofers get buried with calls while storm chasers flood the area within hours.

Roofer Licensing in Maine

Roofing contractor licensing varies significantly by state. Some states (like Florida and California) require specific roofing contractor licenses, while others include it under a general contractor license. Many states have no licensing requirement at all, making insurance verification and references even more critical. Check your state's contractor licensing board.

City-by-City Costs (220 cities)

City	Avg Bid	Max Bid	Min Bid	Zip Codes
Acton	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Alfred	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Alna	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Auburn	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	3
Bath	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Augusta	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	5
Bailey Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bar Mills	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bethel	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Berwick	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Biddeford Pool	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Biddeford	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	2
Bristol	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Brownfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Boothbay	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Boothbay Harbor	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bowdoin	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bowdoinham	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bremen	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bridgton	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bustins Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Buckfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Brunswick	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Bryant Pond	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cape Neddick	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cape Elizabeth	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Canton	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Buxton	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Kents Hill	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Jefferson	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Harrison	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Hebron	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cape Porpoise	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Casco	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Center Lovell	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Chamberlain	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Chebeague Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cliff Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cumberland Center	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cornish	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cumberland Foreside	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Danville	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Damariscotta	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Cushing	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
East Poland	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
East Boothbay	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
East Livermore	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Denmark	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Dixfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Dresden	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Durham	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
East Baldwin	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
East Winthrop	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
East Waterboro	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
East Parsonsfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Freeport	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	3
Farmingdale	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Falmouth	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Eliot	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Edgecomb	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Kittery Point	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Kittery	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Kennebunk	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Kennebunkport	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Hiram	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Friendship	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Fryeburg	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Gardiner	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Greene	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Georgetown	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Gorham	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Gray	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Hallowell	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Greenwood	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Harpswell	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Hanover	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Lebanon	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Hollis Center	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Isle Of Springs	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Jay	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Lovell	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Long Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Livermore Falls	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Manchester	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Livermore	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Litchfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Lisbon	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Lisbon Falls	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Limington	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Limerick	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Lewiston	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	3
Leeds	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Winthrop	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Wiscasset	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Woolwich	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Yarmouth	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
York Beach	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Whitefield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Bristol	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Berwick	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Paris	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Gardiner	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Casco	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Freeport	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Mexico	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Mechanic Falls	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Minot	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Monhegan	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Nobleboro	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Monmouth	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Moody	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Mount Vernon	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
New Gloucester	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Naples	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Newcastle	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
New Harbor	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Bridgton	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Berwick	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Newfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Newry	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Jay	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Waterboro	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Turner	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Monmouth	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Randolph	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Raymond	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Phippsburg	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Waterford	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Norway	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
North Yarmouth	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Ocean Park	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Ogunquit	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Paris	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Old Orchard Beach	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Orrs Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Oxford	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Peaks Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Parsonsfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Peru	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Pemaquid	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Round Pond	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Rumford	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Readfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Poland	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Port Clyde	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Porter	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Portland	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	9
Pownal	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Sabattus	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Richmond	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Sebasco Estates	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Shapleigh	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Sebago	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Scarborough	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	2
Sanford	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Saco	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
York Harbor	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
York	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Windsor	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Westbrook	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	2
West Poland	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
West Paris	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Windham	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Waterford	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
West Boothbay Harbor	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
West Bethel	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
West Kennebunk	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
West Minot	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Portland	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	2
Springvale	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Southport	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
South Windham	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Trevett	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Sumner	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Tenants Harbor	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Spruce Head	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Standish	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Squirrel Island	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Steep Falls	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Stoneham	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Topsham	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Wayne	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Wells	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
West Baldwin	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Walpole	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Waterboro	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Waldoboro	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Turner	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
West Newfield	$105.00	$105.00	$105.00	1
Hampden	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Freedom	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
China Village	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Hinckley	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Clinton	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Dixmont	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
East Vassalboro	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Belfast	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Albion	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Brooks	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Burnham	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Coopers Mills	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Liberty	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Morrill	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Monroe	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Rockport	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Palermo	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
North Vassalboro	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Stockton Springs	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Shawmut	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Searsmont	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
South China	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
South Thomaston	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Troy	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Thorndike	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Waterville	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	2
Washington	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Vassalboro	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Unity	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Warren	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1
Winterport	$78.00	$78.00	$78.00	1

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Coverage Gaps

231 zip codes without coverage

These areas in Maine have no active roofers providers.

Abbot villageAddisonAndoverAnsonAshlandAthensAuroraBangorBar harborBass harborBealsBelgradeBenedictaBenton stationBernardBinghamBirch harborBlue hillBlue hill fallsBradfordBradleyBrewerBridgewaterBrooklinBrooksvilleBrooktonBrownvilleBucksportBurlingtonCalaisCambridgeCamdenCanaanCaratunkCardvilleCaribouCarmelCastineCharlestonCherryfieldColumbia fallsCoreaCorinnaCostiganCranberry islesCutlerDanforthDeer isleDennysvilleDerby

Compare Roofers Costs Across States

Lowest Avg Bid States

South Dakota$49.50 Montana$59.00 North Dakota$59.00 Utah$59.00 Wyoming$59.00

Highest Avg Bid States

New Jersey$250.05 Connecticut$182.36 Texas$181.93 California$176.62 Nebraska$164.60

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does roofers cost in Maine?

The average bid for roofers in Maine is $101.44, compared to the national average of $127.25. Prices range from $78 to $105 depending on location. Typical cost range: $350–$1,000 for repairs; $8,000–$20,000+ for full replacement.

What cities in Maine have roofers coverage?

Maine has roofers providers in 220 cities across 243 zip codes, representing 58.6% coverage of the state. Top cities include Acton, Alfred, Alna, Auburn, Bath.

How does Maine compare to the national average for roofers?

Maine is 20.3% below the national average for roofers. It ranks #31 out of 49 states by average bid.

Are there areas in Maine without roofers providers?

Yes, 231 zip codes in Maine currently have no active roofers providers. Underserved cities include Abbot village, Addison, Andover, Anson, Ashland.

When should I hire a roofer in Maine?

You find water stains on your ceiling or walls, which often means a roof leak has been developing for weeks Emergency service is available in most Maine areas. Roofers are busiest from late spring through early fall and immediately after major storm events.

What should I look for in a roofer in Maine?

Licensed, bonded, and insured with proof of general liability and workers' comp — roofing is one of the most dangerous trades. Manufacturer certification (GAF Master Elite, CertainTeed SELECT, Owens Corning Preferred) which enables extended warranty coverage. Roofing contractor licensing varies significantly by state.

Can I do roofers work myself instead of hiring a pro?

What warranty should I expect from a roofer in Maine?

Expect a workmanship warranty of at least 2 years from the roofer, with 5–10 years being ideal. Material warranties from manufacturers range from 25 years to lifetime depending on the product line.