Clay County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fleming Island, FL
Fleming Island gets about 48 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 14 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.6. That is about 29,500 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USW00093837, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Fleming Island sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (13.7 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 2000).
When to clean gutters in Fleming Island
Frost is rare in Fleming Island, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Fleming Island rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Fleming Island the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.36 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 770 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,540, 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 Fleming Island
Half the homes in Fleming Island were built by 2000, 6% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
87% of households own their home, and 80% of homes are detached houses, 9% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Florida
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Fleming Island which license or registration they hold in Florida, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Fleming Island
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2000, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: