Fairfax County, Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Floris, VA
Rain in Floris adds up to about 43 inches in a normal year, with about 11 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.8. That is about 26,800 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 USW00093738, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Floris ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (11.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 373 places in Virginia on this site (half built by 1991). By its first fall frost it sits 90th earliest for the first fall frost of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Floris
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 15 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Floris rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Floris the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.58 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 2,190, 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 Floris
Half the homes in Floris were built by 1991, 10% 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.
86% of households own their home, and 87% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
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 Floris
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1991, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: