Kent County, Delaware
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Dover, DE
Rain in Dover adds up to about 48 inches in a normal year, with about 12 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00072730, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Dover ranks near the middle of the 53 places in Delaware on this site (12.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 52 places in Delaware on this site (half built by 1985). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 53 places in Delaware on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Dover
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Dover rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Dover the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.60 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,090 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,180, 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 Dover
Half the homes in Dover were built by 1985, 43% 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.
47% of households own their home, and 40% of homes are detached houses, 16% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Delaware
Before hiring in Dover, ask which Delaware license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Dover
With half the homes built by 1985, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: