Residential & Commercial Roof Snow Removal in Portland, Maine

Two feet of wet coastal snow is the danger line on most Portland roofs — that's when a typical 30-50 lb/sq-ft design load gets tested, and flat-roofed ells and porches on the peninsula hit trouble sooner. Warning signs: sagging ceilings, doors that suddenly stick, cracking sounds, and visible ponding on flat sections. Triple-deckers with rooftop decks and Old Port commercial buildings with internal drains should be cleared before every major thaw-refreeze.

Not the way we do it. We use poly shovels, roof rakes and snow-cutting systems designed for roofing — never steel tools that gouge shingles, scratch standing seam, or puncture EPDM and TPO membranes — and we leave a thin base layer rather than scraping to the surface, which is how amateur clearing destroys granules. Crews are trained on asphalt, metal, slate, cedar and flat commercial systems, and we're fully insured on every roof we touch.

Fast — our crews stage along I-295 all winter, so Munjoy Hill, the West End, Deering, Rosemont, Back Cove and the Old Port are all inside the 24-hour window, and same-day during active storms. Commercial calls with blocked drains or visible ponding jump the queue, and we work overnight on business roofs so you never close.

All of Portland — the peninsula (Munjoy Hill, West End, Bayside, Parkside, Old Port), Deering Center, East and North Deering, Rosemont, Libbytown, Stroudwater and Back Cove — plus South Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and Gorham. Statewide crews mean any Maine roof can book the same service.

Yes — commercial work is a core service, not an add-on. Flat and low-slope roofs on businesses, apartment buildings, retail centers, churches and municipal buildings across Cumberland County hold enormous loads and fail through blocked internal drains, so we clear the field, open drains and scuppers, and document everything with before-and-after photos. Off-hours and overnight scheduling means your business never closes, and pre-season priority contracts put your buildings first when the storm hits.

Priced by roof area, pitch, access and snow depth — a flat Old Port commercial roof with internal drains is a different job than a Deering ranch, and a three-story peninsula walk-up has its own logistics. Quotes are free and fixed before we start, and pre-season contracts lock winter-long priority pricing. Call (207) 386-4644 for yours.

It's the single most effective prevention there is — no snowpack means no meltwater, and no meltwater means no dam. Clearing the lower 4-6 feet of roof after major storms protects the eaves where dams form, and full clearing protects the structure too. If a dam has already formed, that's a steam job, not a shovel job: see our Portland ice dam removal service, which we can run on the same visit.

Preventive clearing usually isn't covered — that's maintenance, and it's priced accordingly. Where insurance does come in: when water is actively leaking in, removal work (including the snow clearing needed to reach the ice) is often treated as water mitigation under your policy — stopping the intrusion before it becomes mold — and we've had great success getting those claims covered, though it's never guaranteed and the decision is always your carrier's. Damage from a collapse or an ice dam leak is typically covered under dwelling coverage. We document every job with photos either way, so if a claim follows, you have the record.