Wakulla County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Crawfordville, FL
Crawfordville gets about 60 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 18 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 22.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.6. That is about 37,100 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00088756, 14 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Crawfordville sits 142nd for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (18.1 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 2004). By first frost it falls 24th earliest for the first fall frost of the 131 places in Florida on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Crawfordville
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 14 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Crawfordville rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Crawfordville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.66 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,350, 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 Crawfordville
Half the homes in Crawfordville were built by 2004, 10% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
79% of households own their home, and 73% of homes are detached houses, 11% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Florida
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Crawfordville which license or registration they hold in Florida, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Crawfordville
With 18.1 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: