Escambia County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Century, FL
A normal year in Century brings about 65 inches of rain; on roughly 22 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00011084, 14 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Century ranks 9th for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (22.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1986). The first frost here ranks 5th earliest for the first fall frost of the 131 places in Florida on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Century
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 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 Century rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Century the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.56 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,360, 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 Century
Half the homes in Century were built by 1986, 41% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
48% of households own their home, and 57% 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
Ask any contractor working in Century what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Century
With 22.1 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: