Fairfax County, Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Great Falls Crossing, VA
Rain in Great Falls Crossing adds up to about 45 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 12.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00187272, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Great Falls Crossing ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (10.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 373 places in Virginia on this site (half built by 1993). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Great Falls Crossing
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 14 (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 Great Falls Crossing rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Great Falls Crossing the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.61 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 2,180, 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 Great Falls Crossing
Half the homes in Great Falls Crossing were built by 1993, 0% 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.
100% of households own their home, and 99% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
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 Great Falls Crossing
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: