Harrison County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Clarksburg, WV
A normal year in Clarksburg brings about 48 inches of rain; on roughly 10 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00461677, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Clarksburg ranks 36th for heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (10.3 a year). By house age it falls 10th oldest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1946). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 23).
When to clean gutters in Clarksburg
The first fall frost comes around October 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 22 (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 Clarksburg rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Clarksburg the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.13 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,170 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,350, 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 Clarksburg
Half the homes in Clarksburg were built by 1946, 90% 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.
63% of households own their home, and 70% of homes are detached houses, 2% 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 Clarksburg, ask which West Virginia license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Clarksburg
With half the homes built by 1946, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: