York County, Maine
Window and siding replacement in Limington
Replacement windows and new siding for homes in Limington. Here a re-side needs no permit, and a replacement window has to be U-0.30 or lower.
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Learn moreLimington at a glance
Permit to re-side
Not required
Window, same opening
Not required
New or bigger opening: depends
Window must meet
U-0.30 or lower
2021 IECC (statewide)
Built before 1980
41%
Homes in Limington, Census 2020–2024
- People
- 4,017
- Homes
- 1,742
- Size
- 42.0 square miles
- From downtown
- About 23 miles west
- ZIP codes
- 04049
- Founded or incorporated
- 1792
Limington, incorporated in 1792, sits in the far northeast corner of York County on the Saco and Little Ossipee rivers and is known for its historic architecture. Seven ponds lie in town, four in South Limington and three in North Limington, and Sawyer Mountain rises to about 1,200 feet.
The houses in Limington
Before 19407%
1940–19595%
1960–197929%
1980–199932%
2000 or later27%
Of the homes in Limington, 41% predate 1980 and 7% predate 1940; the median one dates from 1986. Detached single-family houses make up 89%; owners live in 91% of the occupied ones. A sizable share of homes here date from before 1980, the era the federal lead rule covers (homes built before 1978). What the lead rule requires of a contractor.
73% of the homes in Limington have three or more bedrooms. The median owned home is worth about $295,600 by its owner's estimate, the figure to weigh any siding or window quote against.
Half the homes in Limington were built before 1986, which makes its housing about 6 years newer than across York County as a whole (median 1980). Set against York County as a whole, owners live in 91% of occupied homes here against 77% county-wide, the median owner-estimated value is $295,600 here and $395,700 across the county and detached houses are 89% of the homes, above the county's 70%.
- Rooms in the median home
- 5.3
- Heated with gas / electricity
- 0% / 5%
- Townhouses and other attached homes
- 0%
- Homes in buildings of 2 to 4 units
- 2%
- Homes in buildings of 5 or more units
- 0%
- Mobile homes
- 10%
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 Limington, 32% of them, was built in the 1980s and 1990s, so that is the house described here.
Double-glazed vinyl or clad wood windows with a nailing fin, many now thirty or forty years old. The common failure is the seal between the panes: once it lets go the glass fogs between the layers and the gas fill is gone. When the frames are still square and dry, new sealed glass in the old frame is the cheaper repair; when the frames are cracked or the sills are soft, it is time for the whole unit.
The capes, colonials and raised ranches of the subdivisions that spread across the commuter towns, sided in vinyl or cedar clapboard over plywood or particle-board sheathing, with felt paper or an early house wrap behind it. The siding itself usually holds up; what to look at is what water has done at the corners, around the windows and under any deck ledger fastened through the siding.
The one to watch on a house of this age
Windows of this era were often sealed to the wrap with caulk and little else. When the siding comes off, check the sheathing below each window's lower corners: that is where a failed caulk joint shows up first, as dark, soft wood.
And on the 29% 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 Limington Village, South Limington, North Limington, East Limington and Ruin Corner.
Historic districts
Limington has 1 listed: Limington Historic District. A National Register listing on its own does not limit what you fit; a local district or landmark designation can, and in several towns here a change of siding material or window sash needs a certificate before the permit. Which towns' rules bind, and how.
Next door
Limington shares a boundary with Baldwin, Standish, Hollis, Waterboro, Limerick and Cornish.
The rules in Limington
Siding replacement No permit
No. Limington's zoning ordinance (section 6.A.1) lists repairs, replacement and normal maintenance not requiring structural elements, and decorative changes, as the only activities needing no building permit, and defines decorative changes to include re-siding.
Window replacement, same opening No permit Enlarging or cutting an opening Conditional
The same definition covers adding, removing or moving windows and doors, but the town's code page also says a permit is required for remodeling or structural alterations; ask before cutting a new opening.
Maine sets this, not Limington: U-0.30 or lower
Limington, with 3,892 residents in the 2020 Census, is not required to enforce the state's code, but its own pages tie its permits to it.
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.
Who to call
- Building dept
- 207-637-5209
- Official
- Craig Galarneau, Code Enforcement Officer
- Permits
- Department page
How Limington compares with its neighbors
| Place | Permit to re-side | Permit for a window | Window must meet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limington | No | No | U-0.30 |
| Baldwin | Depends | Depends | U-0.30 |
| Standish | Depends | Depends | U-0.30 |
| Hollis | No | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Waterboro | Not published | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Limerick | No | No | U-0.30 |
| Cornish | Not published | Not published | U-0.30 |
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Work we have done in Limington
We have no finished work in Limington to show you yet. This fills in as jobs land, and not before.
Common questions about Limington
How old are most houses in Limington?
32% went up in the 1980s and 1990s and 29% in the 1960s and 1970s; the median Limington home dates from 1986, and 41% are older than 1980 (7% older than 1940). ACS 2020–2024.
Is a permit needed to replace siding or windows in Limington?
Not for siding. Limington's rules require no permit to re-side and to replace a window in the same opening and make it depend on the job whether you need a permit to cut or enlarge an opening. No. Limington's zoning ordinance (section 6.A.1) lists repairs, replacement and normal maintenance not requiring structural elements, and decorative changes, as the only activities needing no building permit, and defines decorative changes to include re-siding. Next door in Baldwin, a re-side depends on the job.
What window efficiency rule applies in Limington?
Maine sets it statewide, not Limington: a U-factor of 0.30 or lower under the 2021 energy code Maine adopted, with no limit on solar heat gain. Limington, with 3,892 residents in the 2020 Census, is not required to enforce the state's code, but its own pages tie its permits to it.
Does Limington have historic districts that limit window or siding choices?
Limington has 1: Limington Historic District. Check a property's listing before ordering a visible window change.
Where these facts came from
Sources: limingtonmaine.gov · limingtonmaine.gov · limingtonmaine.gov · limingtonmaine.gov · legislature.maine.gov · www2.census.gov · maine.gov
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