Logan County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Chapmanville, WV
Chapmanville gets about 49 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 14.7 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 30,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00465353, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Chapmanville ranks 15th for heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (11.1 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1984). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (November 2).
When to clean gutters in Chapmanville
The first fall frost comes around November 2 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 8 (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 Chapmanville rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Chapmanville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.73 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,070 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,140, 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 Chapmanville
Half the homes in Chapmanville were built by 1984, 30% 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.
47% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Chapmanville what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Chapmanville
With half the homes built by 1984, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: