Smith County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Carthage, TN
A normal year in Carthage brings about 53 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.4. That is about 32,600 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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NOAA station USC00401480, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Carthage sits 54th for heavy-rain days of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (17.7 a year). By house age it falls 9th oldest by median year built of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 1964). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Carthage
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (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 Carthage rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Carthage the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.97 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,030 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,070, 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 Carthage
Half the homes in Carthage were built by 1964, 73% 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.
62% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Tennessee
Tennessee requires a home improvement license for residential projects from $3,000 to $24,999 only in the counties that adopted the law: Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford and Shelby. From $25,000 a contractor license is required statewide. In those nine counties, ask for the home improvement license number on any job of $3,000 or more and check it.
Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Home Improvement. Look-up: Tennessee license verification.
Gutter work in Carthage
With half the homes built by 1964, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: