Roofing Contractor in Rockport, ME

We work for owners of village houses near the Rockport Opera House, substantial waterfront properties where skylights and roof glazing are common, and newer homes inland toward Route 90.

We are frequently called for a leak that turns out to be a skylight installed during a renovation by somebody who was not a roofer.

Flashing a skylight properly involves stripping shingles back around the opening, membrane onto the deck, the manufacturer's kit fitted in the correct order from the bottom upward, then shingles reinstalled over each stage.

If the unit itself is old, we will say so. Replacing a twenty-year-old skylight while the roof is open costs far less than doing it again in three years.

We work the harbor village, the shore and Goose River properties, and the newer neighborhoods inland where exposure drops off noticeably.

Harbor-side work brings shoreland requirements for anything structural, and the steep grades down to the water shape how we stage and load a roof.

Rockport roof work happens from late spring through early autumn, which is when shingles seal properly and a roof can be opened around a skylight without risking a wet week.

Active leaks get looked at year round, and we will make a proper temporary repair rather than rushing a permanent one in poor conditions.

The coast is harder on skylights because of driven rain first. Water arriving sideways off the harbor gets under head flashings that would handle vertical rain without any difficulty.

Condensation is the second. A cold glass surface in a humid coastal house produces water that runs down the inside and looks exactly like a leak, and the two get confused constantly.

Salt is the third. It works on the flashing metal and on the fasteners holding it, so material choice around a skylight matters more here than inland.

Ask whether they will use the manufacturer's flashing kit for your specific unit. It is the fastest way to find out how the job will be done.

Then ask whether your problem might be condensation rather than a leak. A contractor who checks that before quoting a repair is telling you something useful about how they work.

Skylight work costs very little during a roof replacement and more as a standalone repair. Doing it on its own means the shingles around the opening have to come off and go back.

We price the flashing and, where relevant, the unit replacement as separate lines so you can weigh doing it now against doing it twice.