Roofers in East Hampton

This page lists roofing companies based in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County. On top of the county license, the town code requires a town home improvement license from the Town Clerk, and subcontractors need their own. East Hampton Village also keeps a yearly contractor registry. Town code exempts construction noise from its limits from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., while Sag Harbor village exempts it only on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Last reviewed October 31, 2026.

Before you sign with a roofer in East Hampton, ask for two license numbers, not one. Suffolk County licenses home improvement contractors, and the town stacks its own requirement on top in Chapter 156 of its code.

Section 156-4 makes it unlawful to work as a home improvement contractor in the town without a license from the Town Clerk’s office. The license or a copy has to be kept at every job site and produced for any official who asks. A subcontractor who is not an employee of a licensed contractor needs a town license of their own. That comes up fast when a roofer hands the chimney flashing or the gutters to another outfit. Our Suffolk license guide covers the county lookup and how the two licenses connect.

A second license, a village registry and a sticker on the truck

East Hampton Village adds one more layer. Its annual contractor’s registry asks for a copy of the town license from anyone Chapter 156 covers, or a Suffolk County or New York State license from contractors exempt from the town one. The village has to be named as an additional insured on both the liability certificate and the workers’ compensation certificate. Once approved, the contractor gets a letter signed by the Village Administrator and a sticker for each vehicle, with the plate number written on it. A roofing truck parked on a village street without one is worth a question.

The village’s own Chapter 107 excludes jobs where the whole contract comes to less than $500. It also shuts the obvious workaround: splitting a larger job into small contracts to stay under that line. A roof replacement clears $500 easily, so expect the registry rules to apply.

Permits are a separate matter, and the answer shifts between the town, East Hampton Village and Sag Harbor. The full breakdown, including the Architectural Review Board and the historic districts, is in our East Hampton permit guide.

Montauk mornings and Sag Harbor weekdays

The town noise code exempts construction activity and construction equipment from its noise standards between 7 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., provided the work meets the rest of the chapter. That covers the hamlets the town lists for its beaches, from Wainscott and Amagansett to Springs and Montauk.

Sag Harbor runs a shorter day. The village code exempts construction noise only from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, and not on public holidays. Saturdays, Sundays and weekday evenings fall under the noise limits, with emergency work by a government or utility as the exception. Book a village tear-off for a weekday.

East Hampton Village sets its own dates and times for construction and exterior repair work in Chapter 196. Its Building Inspector can issue a permit to work outside them when a hardship is shown, case by case. Get the current window from the village before you agree on a start date.

Cedar on the old Montauk cottages

The Bluff Road guidelines in the town code note that all fourteen historic houses in that district have natural wood shingle siding. In the Montauk Association district, six of the seven original houses carry cedar shingle roofs that match the coursing of the originals, and most have half-round copper gutters with round copper leaders. If you are pricing a cedar roof against asphalt, the material tradeoffs are on our cedar roof page, and wall shingles are on the cedar siding page.

Our October 2026 snapshot has four roofing companies with an East Hampton address. All four cards are marked for roofing, and two for chimney work. None of them has a license check we can show yet, so run the county license lookup and ask to see the town license before work starts.