Roofing in Burlington, Vermont

Burlington is the largest city in Vermont and the hub of Chittenden County, sitting right on the shore of Lake Champlain. Between the University of Vermont, the UVM Medical Center, and the Church Street Marketplace, it packs a lot of roofs — old and new — into a compact footprint.

• ~44,700 Population 2020 U.S. Census — largest city in VT
• ~10.3 sq mi Land area
• 17,000+ Housing units a mix of owner-occupied & rentals
• Lakefront urban Setting

Burlington's housing stock skews old and characterful: Queen Anne Victorians and classic New England farmhouses in the Hill Section and Old North End, student rentals near campus, and newer infill closer to the waterfront. A lot of these homes have steep, complex roofs with dormers, valleys, and turrets — the kind of details that reward a careful re-roof and punish a rushed one.

On the commercial side, downtown Burlington, the hospital campus, and the waterfront district add a dense layer of larger institutional and mixed-use buildings. Sitting right on Lake Champlain, every one of these roofs takes the full brunt of lake-effect snow, freeze-thaw cycles, and ice dams each winter.

We built Burlington Roof Company for exactly this market: great roofs at a fair price, without the high-pressure living-room sales pitch. You send us a few photos and details, we send back a clear, itemized estimate — no home visit needed to get your number. Like it? We come out, meet you in person, and confirm everything before you sign or put a dollar down.

On Burlington's older homes we pay close attention to the things that actually cause leaks here: proper ice-and-water shield along the eaves, tight flashing around chimneys and dormers, and ventilation that keeps the roof deck cold so ice dams don't form in the first place.