Cumberland County, Maine
Window and siding replacement in Baldwin
Replacement windows and new siding for homes in Baldwin. Here whether a re-side needs a permit depends on the job, and a replacement window has to be U-0.30 or lower.
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Learn moreBaldwin at a glance
Permit to re-side
Depends
Window, same opening
Depends
New or bigger opening: required
Window must meet
U-0.30 or lower
2021 IECC (statewide; town need not enforce)
Built before 1980
52%
Homes in Baldwin, Census 2020–2024
- People
- 1,170
- Homes
- 634
- Size
- 35.3 square miles
- From downtown
- About 27 miles northwest
- ZIP codes
- 04024, 04091
- Founded or incorporated
- 1802
A rural town in the Saco River valley, once known for its apple orchards, with an apple-drying factory in East Baldwin. Sebago was split off from it in 1826.
The houses in Baldwin
Before 194015%
1940–195910%
1960–197926%
1980–199921%
2000 or later28%
Of the homes in Baldwin, 52% predate 1980 and 15% predate 1940; the median one dates from 1979. Detached single-family houses make up 79%; owners live in 89% of the occupied ones. With most of the housing older than 1980, the federal lead rule is likely on most window and siding jobs here. What the lead rule requires of a contractor.
By the owners' own estimate, the median owned home in Baldwin is worth about $263,200. 55% of homes have three or more bedrooms, and each bedroom needs an emergency escape opening under the egress rule.
Half the homes in Baldwin were built before 1979, which makes its housing about 3 years newer than across Cumberland County as a whole (median 1976). Set against Cumberland County as a whole, owners live in 89% of occupied homes here against 70% county-wide, the median owner-estimated value is $263,200 here and $451,200 across the county and detached houses are 79% of the homes, above the county's 63%.
- Rooms in the median home
- 4.9
- Heated with gas / electricity
- 0% / 5%
- Townhouses and other attached homes
- 0%
- Homes in buildings of 2 to 4 units
- 1%
- Homes in buildings of 5 or more units
- 0%
- Mobile homes
- 16%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates (tables B25034, B25035, B25024, B25003, B25077, B25041, B25018 and B25040), read through Census Reporter. These are survey estimates, not a count of every house.
What that vintage turns up
The largest group of homes in Baldwin, 28% of them, was built in 2000 or later, so that is the house described here.
Double-glazed low-e vinyl or fiberglass windows, usually installed with flashing tape over a house wrap. These rarely need replacing for age; when one fails it is usually a seal or a piece of hardware, and the maker's warranty is worth checking before anything else. Heavy frost or water on the inside of the glass in a cold snap is more often a humidity problem in a tight house than a window defect.
Vinyl, fiber cement or engineered wood over oriented strand board and a house wrap, the wall assembly the current code expects. The weak points are workmanship, not materials: tape that let go at the window corners, a missing kickout where a roof edge meets a sidewall, J-channel run tight with no room for the siding to move.
The one to watch on a house of this age
Houses built to recent Maine codes are tight, and Maine now holds new houses to a lower air-leakage limit than the national code. A tight house with too little ventilation fogs its windows all winter; before blaming the glass, check the humidity and the bath and kitchen fans.
And on the 26% built in the 1960s and 1970s
The bottom of the wall. Panel siding that runs down close to the ground soaks up water and snowmelt, and the rim joist and sill plate behind it rot unseen. On a converted camp, check whether there is any sheathing at all before anyone prices new siding as a simple swap.
Neighborhoods
We work across East Baldwin, West Baldwin, North Baldwin and Cornish Station.
Next door
Baldwin shares a boundary with Sebago, Standish, Hiram, Cornish, Limington and Saco River.
The rules in Baldwin
Siding replacement Conditional
It depends on the cost. Baldwin's Land Use Ordinance (section 4.2 B) says no permit is needed for repairs or improvements that involve no structural changes when their reasonable cost is less than $25,000.
Window replacement, same opening Conditional Enlarging or cutting an opening Permit required
Window replacement follows the same $25,000 test. Any structural alteration, a new or enlarged opening included, needs a building permit from the Code Enforcement Officer.
Maine sets this, not Baldwin: U-0.30 or lower
Baldwin counted 1,520 residents in the 2020 Census, under the 4,000 mark, so it need not enforce the state's code, and its pages do not say it does; the state still counts meeting the code as the owner's responsibility.
That is the 2021 energy code’s window figure, with no solar heat gain limit.
ENERGY STAR’s own figure here is U-0.22 or lower with an SHGC of 0.17 or higher, stricter than any code edition in force. When the code applies to a replacement window, and when it does not.
What the permit costs
The town fee schedule lists maintenance and repair at no fee below $25,000 and $8 per $1,000 above $25,000.
Who to call
- Building dept
- 207-625-3581
- Official
- Tayt Dame, Code Enforcement Officer and Licensed Plumbing Inspector
- Permits
- Department page
How Baldwin compares with its neighbors
| Place | Permit to re-side | Permit for a window | Window must meet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | Depends | Depends | U-0.30 |
| Sebago | Not published | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Standish | Depends | Depends | U-0.30 |
| Cornish | Not published | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Limington | No | No | U-0.30 |
| Bridgton | No | No | U-0.30 |
| Brunswick | No | Not published | U-0.30 |
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Work we have done in Baldwin
We have no finished work in Baldwin to show you yet. This fills in as jobs land, and not before.
Common questions about Baldwin
How old are most houses in Baldwin?
28% went up in 2000 or later and 26% in the 1960s and 1970s; the median Baldwin home dates from 1979, and 52% are older than 1980 (15% older than 1940). ACS 2020–2024.
Is a permit needed to replace siding or windows in Baldwin?
For siding, it depends. Baldwin's rules make it depend on the job whether you need a permit to re-side or to replace a window in the same opening and require a permit to cut or enlarge an opening. It depends on the cost. Baldwin's Land Use Ordinance (section 4.2 B) says no permit is needed for repairs or improvements that involve no structural changes when their reasonable cost is less than $25,000. Next door in Sebago, a re-side has no published rule.
What window efficiency rule applies in Baldwin?
Maine sets it statewide, not Baldwin: a U-factor of 0.30 or lower under the 2021 energy code Maine adopted, with no limit on solar heat gain. Baldwin counted 1,520 residents in the 2020 Census, under the 4,000 mark, so it need not enforce the state's code, and its pages do not say it does; the state still counts meeting the code as the owner's responsibility.
What does a permit cost in Baldwin?
The town fee schedule lists maintenance and repair at no fee below $25,000 and $8 per $1,000 above $25,000.
Where these facts came from
Sources: baldwinmaine.org · baldwinmaine.org · baldwinmaine.org · baldwinmaine.org · baldwinmaine.org · baldwinmaine.org · townofnaples.org · legislature.maine.gov · www2.census.gov · maine.gov · maine.gov
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