In Raymond, the 2021 IRC is in force and 78% of the 3,053 homes were built before 2000. We replace and repair roofs here and inspect after storms, starting with a free, photographed inspection.
Raymond runs to about 33.2 square miles and roughly 4,610 people. It sits about 21 miles northwest of downtown Portland. The community dates back to 1803. We cover ZIP code 04071.
No completed roof in Raymond is logged in our job records yet.
We work across Raymond rather than one corner of it — East Raymond, North Raymond and Raymond Neck included. Age and construction change between them, which is why we look before we quote.
A summer recreation town on Sebago Lake, with Raymond village at the head of Jordan Bay and the ferry landing for Frye Island at Raymond Neck. Mills once ran on Panther Run below Panther Pond, and Nathaniel Hawthorne spent boyhood years here.
From this stretch of building, houses in Raymond sit on plywood or OSB, were first roofed in three-tab shingles, and are mostly on their second roof now. Trouble tends to be at the penetrations rather than across the field: the rubber collar on a pipe boot splits years before the shingles give out, and it is the leak we trace most often. Ridge vents were hit and miss in these decades, and OSB that stays damp for a season softens in a way plywood does not, something you feel underfoot rather than see from the yard.
The Census Bureau counts 3,053 homes in Raymond, with a median year built of 1976. 465 of them (15%) went up before 1940 — 38th of 64 places on this site for pre-1940 share — and 682 (22%) in 2000 or later. The 1980s were the busiest decade, adding 506 of today's homes (17%). (Cumberland County as a whole: 23% before 1940.)
About 25 years is the usual useful life of a roof, by the figure in the Maine Bureau of Insurance's claims guide. On that yardstick the 2,371 homes in Raymond built before 2000 (78%) have outlived at least one roof, and 44% (1,352 homes) go back before 1970, two roof lives and more. The 456 homes from the 2000s are where first replacements come up now, while the 226 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with. Older houses are where a second layer laid over the first turns up, and that layer is what hides soft decking.
Detached single-family houses make up 94% (2,879); attached houses and townhouses 2% (61). 40 homes (1%) sit in two- to nine-unit buildings and 31 (1%) in buildings of ten units or more, where a resident rarely gets to choose the roofer. 90% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, 10% rented. With houses like these, the jobs we expect most are full tear-offs on houses past two roof lives, deck and flashing checks on pre-war board sheathing and first replacements on 2000s builder-grade shingles.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 465 | 15% | |
| 1940s | 144 | 5% | |
| 1950s | 346 | 11% | |
| 1960s | 397 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 302 | 10% | |
| 1980s | 506 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 211 | 7% | |
| 2000s | 456 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 142 | 5% | |
| 2020 or later | 84 | 3% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 3,053 homes, 1,934 occupied. Survey estimates.
Between 2016 and 2025 there was one report of 1-inch-plus hail within 5 miles of Raymond’s center in the records of NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center. The stone was 1 inch, on March 17, 2016, about 1 miles northeast of the center. These are reports, not a full record: they come from spotters and the public, so busier areas log more.
Hail damage rarely shows from the ground; a storm inspection photographs each slope so you know either way.
Raymond's Building Code Information page lists reroofing among the things you can do without a permit. The town's Building Construction Ordinance (Chapter 400) also exempts cosmetic work such as siding and roofing. A permit is still needed for any structural alteration, so replacing rafters, trusses or other structural parts of a roof needs a building permit.
Raymond enforces the 2021 IRC. Raymond adopts and enforces the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC) under its Building Construction Ordinance, Chapter 400. The town's Building Code Information page lists the 2021 International Residential Code for homes, along with the 2021 IBC, IECC, IMC and IEBC.
The published number is 207-655-4742. The building official on record is Jason Williamson, Code Enforcement Officer. The department page is here.
The design wind speed a roof in Raymond is built to depends on where the house stands: across greater Portland and southern Maine the published ultimate design wind speeds run 115–120 mph. Ground snow load is set for each address, not one figure for the whole area: the published figures here run 50–70 psf. The building department can confirm the figure, and the code guide explains what it governs.
Raymond borders Casco, Gray, Windham, Standish, New Gloucester and Poland. Our pages for them:
Also in Cumberland County:
| Town | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | No | 2021 IRC | 1976 |
| Casco | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1988 |
| Gray | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1983 |
| Windham | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1985 |
| Standish | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1980 |
| New Gloucester | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1991 |
| Sebago | No | Enforcement optional | 1975 |
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Raymond's Building Code Information page lists reroofing among the things you can do without a permit. The town's Building Construction Ordinance (Chapter 400) also exempts cosmetic work such as siding and roofing. A permit is still needed for any structural alteration, so replacing rafters, trusses or other structural parts of a roof needs a building permit.
Raymond enforces the 2021 IRC. Raymond adopts and enforces the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC) under its Building Construction Ordinance, Chapter 400. The town's Building Code Information page lists the 2021 International Residential Code for homes, along with the 2021 IBC, IECC, IMC and IEBC.
The Census Bureau's 2020–2024 estimates put the median year built at 1976: 15% of Raymond's 3,053 homes predate 1940 and 22% were built in 2000 or later. At the usual 25-year roof life, 78% have needed at least one new roof already.
Yes, once in NOAA's records: the one report of hail 1 inch or larger within 5 miles of Raymond's center from 2016 through 2025 was 1 inch on March 17, 2016.
The building official on record is Jason Williamson, Code Enforcement Officer. The department's own number is on this page, beside its name.
Not yet: no completed roof in Raymond is in our job records, so this page shows no job count.
Researched 2026-10-24; housing, Census ACS 2020–2024; hail, NOAA SPC. Sources: www.raymondmaine.gov · www.raymondmaine.gov · www.raymondmaine.gov · www.raymondmaine.gov · raymondcode.portal.iworq.net · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · www.zip-codes.com · tigerweb.geo.census.gov · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
