Augusta County, Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Crimora, VA
A normal year in Crimora brings about 45 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 12.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.9. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 28,100 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00448941, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
By heavy-rain days, Crimora falls 60th for heavy-rain days of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (12.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 373 places in Virginia on this site (half built by 1994). By first frost it falls 60th earliest for the first fall frost of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (October 23).
When to clean gutters in Crimora
The first fall frost comes around October 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 21 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Crimora rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Crimora the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.80 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,240 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,480, 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 Crimora
Half the homes in Crimora were built by 1994, 28% 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.
87% of households own their home, and 61% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Virginia
Virginia requires a Board for Contractors license for any contract over $1,000; gutter work on a home falls under the home improvement specialty (HIC) or the residential building classification. Ask for the license number and class, and look it up before signing.
Source: Code of Virginia § 54.1-1100. Look-up: Virginia DPOR, license lookup.
Gutter work in Crimora
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1994, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: