Kanawha County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Alum Creek, WV
A normal year in Alum Creek brings about 48 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 29,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00461579, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Alum Creek falls 15th for heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (11.1 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1974). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Alum Creek
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (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 Alum Creek rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Alum Creek the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.65 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,080 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,170, 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 Alum Creek
Half the homes in Alum Creek were built by 1974, 59% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
85% of households own their home, and 86% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in West Virginia
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Alum Creek which license or registration they hold in West Virginia, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Alum Creek
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: