Washington County, Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Abingdon, VA
Rain in Abingdon adds up to about 47 inches in a normal year, with about 9 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 29,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00440021, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Abingdon falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (8.9 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 373 places in Virginia on this site (half built by 1978). By first frost it falls 37th earliest for the first fall frost of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Abingdon
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 21 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Abingdon rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Abingdon the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.42 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,330 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,660, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Abingdon
Half the homes in Abingdon were built by 1978, 54% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
56% of households own their home, and 55% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Virginia
Virginia requires a Board for Contractors license for any contract over $1,000; gutter work on a home falls under the home improvement specialty (HIC) or the residential building classification. Ask for the license number and class, and look it up before signing.
Source: Code of Virginia § 54.1-1100. Look-up: Virginia DPOR, license lookup.
Gutter work in Abingdon
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: