Lee County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Alva, FL
Rain in Alva adds up to about 53 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 27.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00012894, 15 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Alva falls near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (15.3 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1986).
When to clean gutters in Alva
Frost is rare in Alva, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Alva rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Alva the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.89 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,460, 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 Alva
Half the homes in Alva were built by 1986, 34% 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.
93% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Florida
Before hiring in Alva, ask which Florida license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Alva
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1986, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: