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Garbage Disposal Repair in Maine

Across the 12 Maine towns we route calls in, 66% of housing units are detached houses and 25% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.

The quick answer

Maine runs 66% detached houses, 25% multi-unit and 6% manufactured across the 12 towns covered here. In a house the disposal is usually the occupant's; in a rented apartment it is usually the landlord's.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.

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How Maine is built

Housing type	Share of housing units
Detached houses	66%
Attached houses	3%
Multi-unit buildings	25%
Manufactured and mobile homes	6%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 69,866 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.

The state does not divide evenly: 7 Maine towns lead on detached houses, 4 Maine towns lead on single-family housing, 1 Maine towns lead on multi-unit buildings. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.

The largest towns we route

Town	Detached	Multi-unit	Housing units
Biddeford	45%	52%	11,001
Saco	56%	34%	9,619
Wells	67%	11%	9,590
Sanford	63%	29%	7,772
York	81%	16%	7,101
Kennebunkport	87%	7%	4,740
Kittery	55%	33%	4,375
Alfred	81%	6%	3,684

Checking a plumber in Maine

Maine licenses are issued by the Maine Plumbers' Examining Board, Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

Towns we route in Maine

Alfred 81% detached · 6% multi-unit
Berwick 73% detached · 12% multi-unit
Biddeford 45% detached · 52% multi-unit
Eliot 79% detached · 12% multi-unit
Kennebunkport 87% detached · 7% multi-unit
Kittery 55% detached · 33% multi-unit
Ogunquit 75% detached · 21% multi-unit
Saco 56% detached · 34% multi-unit
Sanford 63% detached · 29% multi-unit
South Berwick 76% detached · 18% multi-unit
Wells 67% detached · 11% multi-unit
York 81% detached · 16% multi-unit

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