Morgan County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Harriman, TN
Harriman gets about 59 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 18 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 36,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00404871, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Harriman falls 71st for heavy-rain days of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (17.5 a year). Its housing ranks 6th oldest by median year built of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 1960). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Harriman
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 3 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Harriman rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Harriman the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.68 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,080 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,160, 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 Harriman
Half the homes in Harriman were built by 1960, 83% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
62% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Tennessee
Tennessee requires a home improvement license for residential projects from $3,000 to $24,999 only in the counties that adopted the law: Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford and Shelby. From $25,000 a contractor license is required statewide. In those nine counties, ask for the home improvement license number on any job of $3,000 or more and check it.
Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Home Improvement. Look-up: Tennessee license verification.
Gutter work in Harriman
With half the homes built by 1960, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: