Hamilton County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Collegedale, TN
Rain in Collegedale adds up to about 55 inches in a normal year, with about 16 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013882, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Collegedale ranks near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (16.1 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 2004). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in Collegedale
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (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 Collegedale rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Collegedale the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.97 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,030 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,070, 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 Collegedale
Half the homes in Collegedale were built by 2004, 20% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
43% of households own their home, and 42% of homes are detached houses, 7% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Tennessee
Tennessee requires a home improvement license for residential projects from $3,000 to $24,999 only in the counties that adopted the law: Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford and Shelby. From $25,000 a contractor license is required statewide. In those nine counties, ask for the home improvement license number on any job of $3,000 or more and check it.
Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Home Improvement. Look-up: Tennessee license verification.
Gutter work in Collegedale
With 16.1 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: