Sedgwick County, Kansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Bel Aire, KS
Bel Aire gets about 33 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 10 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 20,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00003974, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Bel Aire ranks near the middle of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (9.7 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (half built by 1995). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (October 27).
When to clean gutters in Bel Aire
The first fall frost comes around October 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Bel Aire rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Bel Aire the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.08 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,780, 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 Bel Aire
Half the homes in Bel Aire were built by 1995, 23% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 81% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Kansas
Before hiring in Bel Aire, ask which Kansas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Bel Aire
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1995, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: