Boone County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Harrison, AR
Rain in Harrison 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 13.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 27,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00013971, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Harrison falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (12.2 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1979). By first frost it falls 34th earliest for the first fall frost of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (October 30).
When to clean gutters in Harrison
The first fall frost comes around October 30 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 Harrison rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Harrison the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.40 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 970 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,950, 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 Harrison
Half the homes in Harrison were built by 1979, 52% 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.
54% of households own their home, and 66% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Arkansas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Harrison which license or registration they hold in Arkansas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Harrison
With half the homes built by 1979, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: