Henrico County, Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Dumbarton, VA
Rain in Dumbarton adds up to about 46 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 13.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.0. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00093775, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Dumbarton falls near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (11.6 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 373 places in Virginia on this site (half built by 1974). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (October 31).
When to clean gutters in Dumbarton
The first fall frost comes around October 31 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 Dumbarton rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Dumbarton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.92 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 2,080, 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 Dumbarton
Half the homes in Dumbarton were built by 1974, 63% 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.
30% of households own their home, and 25% 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 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 Dumbarton
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: