Washington County, Rhode Island
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Charlestown, RI
Rain in Charlestown adds up to about 52 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 32,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00054797, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Charlestown falls 5th for heavy-rain days of the 27 places in Rhode Island on this site (14.8 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 27 places in Rhode Island on this site (half built by 1973). The first frost here ranks 2nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 27 places in Rhode Island on this site (October 12).
When to clean gutters in Charlestown
The first fall frost comes around October 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 1 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
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 7.12 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). 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 2,020, 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.
With about 35 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Charlestown
Half the homes in Charlestown were built by 1973, 66% 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.
82% of households own their home, and 97% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Rhode Island
Before hiring in Charlestown, ask which Rhode Island 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 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: