Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Chatham, MA
A normal year in Chatham brings about 46 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 12.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 9.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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For days with an inch of rain or more, Chatham ranks near the middle of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (11.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 217 places in Massachusetts on this site (half built by 1968). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Chatham
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 5 (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 Chatham rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Chatham the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.53 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,100 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,210, 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 Chatham
Half the homes in Chatham were built by 1968, 64% 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.
80% of households own their home, and 83% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Massachusetts
Ask any contractor working in Chatham what Massachusetts requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Chatham
With half the homes built by 1968, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: