St. Mary's County MD Roofing & Exterior Contractor Serving Pax River, Leonardtown & the 235 Corridor.
If you need an honest contractor here in St. Mary's County, JDH Remodeling has you covered. Even though our trucks roll out from Calvert County every morning to handle installations along the MD-235 corridor into Lexington Park and the Pax River workforce belt, we treat our neighbors like family and want to earn our spot as your St. Mary's County local roofing and exterior remodeling company. We bring three generations of family trade experience straight to your neighborhood to get your exterior project handled right.
Quick Answer: How Much Does a New Roof Cost in St. Mary's County, MD?
Most homes in St. Mary's County, MD fall within a $9,500 to $20,000 typical range for a complete Owens Corning Platinum roof system in 2026. (You can view our exact itemized material breakdowns on our main roof replacement cost guide.)
As your St. Mary's County local roof replacement contractor, JDH Remodeling coordinates every single build directly out of our main St. Leonard shop, south via MD-235 into the Pax River workforce belt. We file every roof permit directly with the St. Mary's County Department of Land Use and Growth Management in Leonardtown and stand behind every install with a 50-year non-prorated OC Platinum warranty.
Services We Offer Across St. Mary's County, MD
St. Mary's County housing stock concentrates around the Pax River workforce belt — Lexington Park, California, and Great Mills colonials, the Three Notch corridor housing pool, and the Leonardtown historic district. We install all six exterior trades with the same one-crew standard from our St. Leonard shop, and federal-workforce-grade specs are the baseline on Pax River households.
Roofing
JDH is an Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor installing complete architectural shingle systems with Class 4 impact-rated SureNail tech as the default post-storm spec. St. Mary's County housing concentrates around the Pax River workforce belt in Lexington Park and California, and the 1960s-1970s Three Notch corridor pool runs a different replacement cycle than the post-2000 colonials adjacent to Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Schedule a free roof inspection from your St. Mary's County local roof replacement contractor.
Roofing services →Siding
JDH is a ProVia Certified Installer offering CedarMAX insulated vinyl, James Hardie ColorPlus fiber cement, and board-and-batten modern-farmhouse profiles. St. Mary's County housing stock from the Lexington Park Pax River workforce pool to the Leonardtown historic district runs different siding wear cycles under the southern Maryland humid-summer load along the MD-235 corridor. Pricing and re-skin options from your St. Mary's County local siding contractor.
Siding services →Windows
JDH features ProVia Certified window installers specializing in energy-efficient Endure series vinyl replacements with Energy Star packages. Original builder-grade sash on the Pax River workforce belt colonials in Lexington Park, California, and Great Mills runs a full cycle through frame seals under the federal-workforce-grade Energy Star spec. Free in-home consult from your St. Mary's County local window and door installers.
Window services →Doors
JDH provides ProVia Certified entry door installations using heavy-duty fiberglass and steel storm systems with corrosion-resistant hardware. Storm-rated entry doors with impact-rated glass fit the Naval Air Station Patuxent River federal-workforce pool and the MD-235 corridor commuter households where defense-grade specs are the baseline. Bundle door swaps with roof or gutter work on a single crew visit.
Door services →Gutters
Custom seamless K-style aluminum gutter networks with engineered foundation-drainage routing; copper option for premium and historic-district parcels. The Three Notch corridor housing pool and the Leonardtown historic district sit under mature tree canopy that loads downspouts every fall, and we size every drop to the actual Pax-River-area roof surface area. We size every drop to the actual roof surface area, not a generic rule.
Gutter services →Insulation
Owens Corning attic insulation and air sealing. R-49 minimum for Maryland code. Older Lexington Park and Great Mills homes from the 1940s-1960s Pax buildout were built to R-19 or less; an upgrade typically pays back in 3-5 years on cooling cost alone.
Insulation services →What's Different About St. Mary's County Homes
St. Mary's County is Maryland's three-river peninsula: Patuxent on the northeast, Chesapeake Bay on the east, Potomac on the southwest, Wicomico on the west, with the St. Mary's River cutting through the interior. Founded in 1637, anchored by NAS Patuxent River, and stitched together by MD-235 from Charlotte Hall to the Pax gate. Housing stock here runs from tobacco-era farmhouses still standing in Bushwood and Loveville to 1940s WWII Pax buildout ranches in Lexington Park to the 2000s MD-235 corridor subdivision wave. Three things define the work here:
St. Mary's County Housing Eras — One Roof Approach Won’t Fit
St. Mary's County housing pool runs Lexington Park and California 1980s-1990s Pax River workforce colonials, Three Notch corridor 1960s-1970s housing pool, plus Leonardtown historic-district pre-1900 stock and Clarks Rest post-2000 colonials. Each era used different decking, framing, and shingle standards. A one-size roof quote misses what your specific home actually needs.
Home Crew · Same-Corridor Local
Most St. Mary's County roofing contractors drive in from out-of-area chains and outer-market crews. JDH is south via MD-235 from St. Leonard on a daily county route, with our crews, our trucks, and our warranty office close enough that a Tuesday-morning inspection becomes a Tuesday-afternoon quote.
Patuxent Salt-Air + Pax River Federal Market
St. Mary's County sits under Patuxent salt-air corridor exposure plus Atlantic hurricane band wind track. Naval Air Station Patuxent River federal-workforce belt across Lexington Park, California, and Great Mills drives a deep PCS-cycle-aware homeowner pool that expects defensible spec and resale-ready warranty paperwork on every install.
St. Mary's County Storm Documentation, Done Right
Hail and wind damage in St. Mary's County almost always requires a written Xactimate scope of loss with photo documentation before an insurance adjuster will approve coverage. May 22, 2025 hail hit Lexington Park, Great Mills, California, and Leonardtown hard. The Isaias 2020 tornado touched down on MD-5 just south of Leonardtown, dropping 9 inches of rain at Sotterley. Isabel 2003 effectively rebuilt St. George Island. JDH writes the document in the format adjusters expect, photographs every area of damage at the angle that proves it, and can walk the inspection with your adjuster on the day they show up. If your St Marys County, MD home took a hit during a recent event, same-day storm damage roof response across our service area moves you to the front of the schedule.
Why St. Mary's County Homeowners Choose JDH
JDH Remodeling has served Maryland homeowners since 1986 and works St. Mary's County streets every week. None of the few St. Mary's County roofing companies stack HAAG Master plus Owens Corning Platinum plus James Hardie Elite plus ProVia Platinum credentials. St. Mary's County homeowners keep finding us despite our shop being east in St Leonard.
Family-Owned, Working St. Mary's Since 1986
Founded in 1986 by Jim Dodson Sr., who built the company on federal-grade construction at the Pentagon and U.S. State Department. Three generations of Dodsons have served Maryland and Virginia homeowners through every major storm season since, from Hurricane Isabel in 2003 through the September 2024 EF-1 tornado. Jim Dodson runs operations today as a HAAG Master Certified Inspector, and the third generation, J.J., is age 4. Read Our Story: Three Generations of Dodsons in the Trades.
Proven Performance Across the St. Mary's County Community
513 completed structural jobs across St. Mary's County and the surrounding area. Owens Corning Duration installs across Estate Gray, Driftwood, Pacific Wave, Midnight Plum, and Colonial Slate color codes are in place on neighboring streets right now. Multiple State Farm, USAA, Liberty Mutual, and Allstate carrier-tagged completions sit beside the uncredentialed alternatives that have thinner local track records, and JDH crews are in your St. Mary's County neighborhood weekly so any homeowner can verify a recent install firsthand.
Committed to the Community We Live In
Out-of-state storm chasers roll into Southern MD after every major weather event, sign quick contracts, and disappear once the insurance checks clear. National conglomerates send faceless crews who never set foot in St. Mary's County again. JDH lives in the same towns you do, drives the same roads daily, and raises kids in the schools your neighbors use. Our HAAG Master Certified credential #992109047 is engineering expertise we use to protect actual neighbors from getting shortchanged by multi-billion-dollar insurance carriers.
Fixed Pricing, Written Before Tear-Off
Our written estimate is the final contract price you pay. The first four sheets of replacement OSB decking are included at no charge, fully insulating you from mid-project surprises if rot turns up under your shingles. We assume the structural risk; you assume none of it. That is the entire reason we hold a 4.9-star average across 1,400-plus reviews and why St. Mary's County homeowners trust us with the kind of one-shot capital decision the next 30 years rest on. See How JDH Actually Does It: Our 10-Step Process.
A Legit Contractor
- ✓ MHIC #137491Maryland Home Improvement Commission
- ✓ VA Class A #2705192986Virginia DPOR Contractor License
- ✓ General Liability InsuranceActive commercial policy
- ✓ Workers’ CompensationActive coverage
- ✓ Commercial Auto InsuranceActive fleet coverage
Manufacturer Partnerships
- Owens Corning Platinum PreferredTop 1% nationally · Since 2014
- ProVia Platinum DealerSiding, windows, doors · Since 2018
- VELUX Certified InstallerSkylight specialist · Since 2014
- James Hardie Elite PreferredColorPlus fiber cement siding
Awards & Accreditations
- HAAG Master Certified Inspector #992109047Forensic inspection standard
- BBB A+ Accredited40 years · Zero unresolved complaints
- Qualified Remodeler HIP 200Ranked #170 nationally (2025)
- GuildQuality GuildmasterService Excellence Award
Local Office, Big Footprint
Our Crew on the MD-235 Corridor and Staged Near You Every Day
Our office sits in Saint Leonard, MD, but our design specialist and install crews work every appointment from your driveway — no showroom on your invoice. To keep emergency response and project start times tight, we stage dedicated in-house teams across our service map so a crew is always near your town. Trucks run the MD-235, MD-5, and Three Notch Road corridors daily, moving through St. Mary's County neighborhoods each week. Book a comprehensive property evaluation at no cost before any work is scheduled.
Schedule Your Free InspectionRecent St. Mary's County Work
A representative job from California, MD: a 2000s two-story Wildewood colonial with original builder-grade architectural shingles, hail strikes from the May 2025 storm across the south slope, and one wind-lifted ridge cap. Pax-River civil-service homeowner with PCS orders pending. We were on the roof same-day. HAAG documentation, insurance approval in 9 days, full Owens Corning Platinum install completed in 2 days. Transferable warranty paperwork in hand before the listing went live.
What Our St. Mary's County Customers Say
Three representative examples from St. Mary's County homeowners. See all 1,400+ reviews on Google.
"JDH did a great job replacing the roof and on time as promised. Would recommend JDH to friends and family."
"Replaced my roof. They did an excellent job. Very happy with their communication and professionalism."
"JDH did a full roof replacement and did a great job: cleaned up well and communication was excellent."
Why St. Mary's County Trusts JDH
Storm-chaser companies show up in St. Mary's County after a named storm and disappear when warranty season starts. JDH has been 25 minutes north in St. Leonard since the late 1990s, family-owned since 1986. When you need us in five years, ten years, or twenty, we are still here. Same family, same office, same warranty.
Service Area
Our Mobile Fleet Footprint Across St. Mary's County, MD
Our office is headquartered in Saint Leonard, MD, eliminating the showroom overhead other contractors bake into every quote so those savings pass straight to you. We stage mobile fleets daily down the MD-2, MD-4, and US-301 corridors, keeping crews positioned along St. Mary's County's commuter spine before appointments are booked. That decentralized layout guarantees rapid response across St. Mary's County's established family colonials, central districts, and rural-edge estate properties. Cutting commercial real estate cost delivers a locked, fixed-price model backed by local warranties no out-of-state operator can match.
Suburban Family Communities
- Leonardtown (county seat)High-density family-suburb subdivision
- California, MDHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- Lexington ParkEstablished single-family stock needing flashing audits
- HollywoodHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- MechanicsvilleHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- Great MillsHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- Charlotte HallHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- Piney PointHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- St. George IslandHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- Tall TimbersHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- RidgeSymmetrical residential builds with complex rooflines
- Saint InigoesHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- Park HallHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- ChapticoHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- LovevilleHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
- Valley LeeHigh-density family-suburb subdivision
Historic & Central Districts
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Rural Edges & Transit Corridors
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The HAAG Master + OC Platinum + Hardie Elite Contractor Working St. Mary's Every Day
JDH's St. Leonard headquarters sits 25 minutes north across the Patuxent. We run the 235 corridor through California, Lexington Park, Hollywood, and Leonardtown 4-5 days a week for inspections, installs, and warranty visits. No national franchise. No traveling storm crew. The HAAG Master + Owens Corning Platinum + James Hardie Elite + ProVia Platinum credential stack is rare nationally and rarer still in this market.
JDH also serves the surrounding counties from the same St. Leonard headquarters. See full coverage in our service areas hub.
St. Mary's County Roofing & Exterior Questions
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Free St. Mary's County Home InspectionNo Pressure. No Pitch. Just the truth.
A HAAG Master Certified inspector will walk your St. Mary's County home (roof, siding, windows, doors, gutters), photograph every area of concern, and email you a written report within 24 hours. Same-day inspection most days. Evenings and Saturdays available across Leonardtown, California, Lexington Park, Hollywood, Mechanicsville, Great Mills, Charlotte Hall, Piney Point, St. George Island, Tall Timbers, Ridge, Saint Inigoes, Park Hall, Chaptico, Loveville, and Valley Lee.
- Full exterior inspection across all trades
- Photo report emailed within 24 hours
- Insurance-claim-ready documentation
- Fixed-price written quote, no add-ons
- Manufacturer warranties up to 50 years
Request Received
A real person from JDH Remodeling will follow up shortly.
- Within minutes: confirmation email and text
- Same day: a call to confirm a time that works
- On site: 60-to-90 minute forensic inspection with full photo report
From the JDH Team Every job runs out of our family shop in Calvert County, trucks rolling fully loaded with three generations of family trade experience and the materials the job needs that day.