Clark County, Indiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Charlestown, IN
A normal year in Charlestown brings about 48 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00154955, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Charlestown ranks 32nd for heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (13.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (half built by 1983). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in Charlestown
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 31 (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 Charlestown rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Charlestown the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.10 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,010 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,030, 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 Charlestown
Half the homes in Charlestown were built by 1983, 47% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
74% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Indiana
Before hiring in Charlestown, ask which Indiana license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Charlestown
With half the homes built by 1983, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: