Prince George's County, Maryland
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Friendly, MD
Friendly gets about 47 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 13 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.7. That is about 29,000 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 USC00186800, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Friendly sits 18th for heavy-rain days of the 329 places in Maryland on this site (13.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 329 places in Maryland on this site (half built by 1977). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 329 places in Maryland on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Friendly
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 3 (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 Friendly rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Friendly the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.80 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,060 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,120, 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 Friendly
Half the homes in Friendly were built by 1977, 59% 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.
90% of households own their home, and 99% 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 Maryland
Maryland requires a Maryland Home Improvement Commission license for home improvement work of any amount, gutters included, and a contractor may not take a deposit of more than one third of the contract price (Business Regulation § 8-617). Look the license up before signing, and keep the deposit to one third or less.
Source: Maryland Business Regulation § 8-101. Look-up: Maryland Home Improvement Commission, public query.
Gutter work in Friendly
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: