Hamilton County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Flat Top Mountain, TN
A normal year in Flat Top Mountain brings about 63 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 18.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 39,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00408445, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Flat Top Mountain ranks 19th for heavy-rain days of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (18.7 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 2003). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Flat Top Mountain
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 7 (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 Flat Top Mountain rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Flat Top Mountain the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.14 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,010 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,020, 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 Flat Top Mountain
Half the homes in Flat Top Mountain were built by 2003, 24% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
98% of households own their home, and 85% 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 Flat Top Mountain
With 18.7 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: