Davis County, Iowa
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Bloomfield, IA
Bloomfield gets about 39 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 11 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.3. That is about 24,200 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Bloomfield sits 6th for heavy-rain days of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (10.6 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (half built by 1966). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (October 22).
When to clean gutters in Bloomfield
The first fall frost comes around October 22 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 16 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Bloomfield rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Bloomfield the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.84 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 920 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,840, 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 Bloomfield
Half the homes in Bloomfield were built by 1966, 71% 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.
68% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Iowa
Ask any contractor working in Bloomfield what Iowa requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Bloomfield
With half the homes built by 1966, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: