Meigs County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Decatur, TN
Rain in Decatur adds up to about 58 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 16.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00402388, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Decatur ranks near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (16.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 1982). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (October 27).
When to clean gutters in Decatur
The first fall frost comes around October 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (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 Decatur rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Decatur the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,040 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,090, 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 Decatur
Half the homes in Decatur were built by 1982, 48% 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. 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.
56% of households own their home, and 66% of homes are detached houses. 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 Decatur
With half the homes built by 1982, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: