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Window and siding replacement in Shapleigh
Replacement windows and new siding for homes in Shapleigh. Here no siding permit rule is published, and a replacement window has to be U-0.30 or lower.
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Learn moreShapleigh at a glance
Permit to re-side
Not published
Window, same opening
Not published
New or bigger opening: not published
Window must meet
U-0.30 or lower
2021 IECC (statewide)
Built before 1980
51%
Homes in Shapleigh, Census 2020–2024
- People
- 2,976
- Homes
- 2,060
- Size
- 38.7 square miles
- From downtown
- About 30 miles west
- ZIP codes
- 04076
- Founded or incorporated
- 1785
Shapleigh is a lake town that includes Mousam Lake, Square Pond and a number of smaller ponds, with villages at Shapleigh Corner, North Shapleigh, Ross Corner and Emery Mills. It was one of the Maine towns devastated by the Great Fires of 1947, and its western half became the town of Acton in 1830.
The houses in Shapleigh
Before 194011%
1940–195917%
1960–197923%
1980–199923%
2000 or later26%
51% of the homes in Shapleigh are older than 1980 and 11% older than 1940; the median one dates from 1980; 96% are detached houses and 95% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. 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.
56% of the homes in Shapleigh have three or more bedrooms. The median owned home is worth about $356,000 by its owner's estimate, the figure to weigh any siding or window quote against.
Half the homes in Shapleigh were built before 1980, which makes its housing about the same age as across York County as a whole (median 1980). Set against York County as a whole, owners live in 95% of occupied homes here against 77% county-wide, the median owner-estimated value is $356,000 here and $395,700 across the county and detached houses are 96% of the homes, above the county's 70%.
- Rooms in the median home
- 5.1
- Heated with gas / electricity
- 1% / 12%
- Townhouses and other attached homes
- 1%
- Homes in buildings of 2 to 4 units
- 0%
- Homes in buildings of 5 or more units
- 0%
- Mobile homes
- 3%
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 Shapleigh, 26% 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 23% 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 Shapleigh Corner, North Shapleigh, Ross Corner, Emery Mills, Mousam Lake and Square Pond.
Next door
Shapleigh shares a boundary with Acton, Waterboro, Alfred, Newfield and Sanford.
The rules in Shapleigh
Siding replacement Not published
Shapleigh's code office pages and zoning ordinance do not list siding or windows as needing or not needing a permit; anyone who starts work that needs a permit without one pays the after-the-fact fee. Ask the Code Enforcement Office.
Window replacement, same opening Not published Enlarging or cutting an opening Not published
Not published. Call the building department before ordering.
Maine sets this, not Shapleigh: U-0.30 or lower
Shapleigh, with 2,921 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
- 207-636-2844
- Official
- Brian Paul, Code Enforcement Officer
- Permits
- Department page
How Shapleigh compares with its neighbors
| Place | Permit to re-side | Permit for a window | Window must meet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shapleigh | Not published | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Acton | Not published | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Waterboro | Not published | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Alfred | No | Not published | U-0.30 |
| Newfield | No | No | U-0.30 |
| Sanford | Yes | Yes | U-0.30 |
| South Berwick | No | No | U-0.30 |
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Work we have done in Shapleigh
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Common questions about Shapleigh
What age of house is typical in Shapleigh?
26% went up in 2000 or later and 23% in the 1960s and 1970s; the median Shapleigh home dates from 1980, and 51% are older than 1980 (11% older than 1940). ACS 2020–2024.
Does Shapleigh require a permit for new siding or windows?
No rule is published. Shapleigh's rules say nothing on whether you need a permit to re-side, to replace a window in the same opening or to cut or enlarge an opening. Shapleigh's code office pages and zoning ordinance do not list siding or windows as needing or not needing a permit; anyone who starts work that needs a permit without one pays the after-the-fact fee. Next door in Alfred, a re-side needs no permit.
How energy-efficient does a new window have to be in Shapleigh?
Maine sets it statewide, not Shapleigh: a U-factor of 0.30 or lower under the 2021 energy code Maine adopted, with no limit on solar heat gain. Shapleigh, with 2,921 residents in the 2020 Census, is not required to enforce the state's code, but its own pages tie its permits to it.
What does the egress rule mean for windows in Shapleigh?
Yes. 56% of Shapleigh's homes have three or more bedrooms (median owner-estimated value $356,000), and each bedroom needs an emergency escape opening: at least 5.7 square feet of net clear opening (5 at a grade-floor sill), 24 inches high and 20 inches wide, with the sill no more than 44 inches above the floor (IRC R310).
Where these facts came from
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