Johnson County, Indiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Franklin, IN
Rain in Franklin adds up to about 45 inches in a normal year, with about 12 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00123091, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Franklin ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (11.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (half built by 1994). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (October 19).
When to clean gutters in Franklin
The first fall frost comes around October 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 20 (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 Franklin rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Franklin the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.21 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,000 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,000, 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 Franklin
Half the homes in Franklin were built by 1994, 35% 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.
66% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Indiana
Before hiring in Franklin, ask which Indiana license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Franklin
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1994, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: