Brooke County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Follansbee, WV
A normal year in Follansbee brings about 43 inches of rain; on roughly 8 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 26,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00338025, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Follansbee ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (8.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1971). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Follansbee
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 29 (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 Follansbee rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Follansbee the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,140 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,290, 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 Follansbee
Half the homes in Follansbee were built by 1971, 68% 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. 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.
63% of households own their home, and 64% 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 West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Follansbee what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Follansbee
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: