Lee County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Burnt Store Marina, FL
A normal year in Burnt Store Marina brings about 54 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 27.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00087397, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Burnt Store Marina ranks 135th for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (18.2 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1997).
When to clean gutters in Burnt Store Marina
Frost is rare in Burnt Store Marina, 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 Burnt Store Marina rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Burnt Store Marina the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.10 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 710 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,430, 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 Burnt Store Marina
Half the homes in Burnt Store Marina were built by 1997, 10% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
85% of households own their home, and 35% of homes are detached houses, 13% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Florida
Ask any contractor working in Burnt Store Marina what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Burnt Store Marina
With 18.2 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: