Monongalia County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cheat Lake, WV
Rain in Cheat Lake adds up to about 43 inches in a normal year, with about 7 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 26,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013736, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Cheat Lake ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (7.2 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 1993). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Cheat Lake
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 23 (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 Cheat Lake rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Cheat Lake the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.95 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,210 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,420, 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 Cheat Lake
Half the homes in Cheat Lake were built by 1993, 25% 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.
80% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses, 13% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in West Virginia
Before hiring in Cheat Lake, ask which West Virginia license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Cheat Lake
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: