Perry County, Kentucky
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hazard, KY
A normal year in Hazard brings about 53 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 15.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.6. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 32,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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By heavy-rain days, Hazard falls near the middle of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (12.7 a year). Its housing ranks 57th oldest by median year built of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (half built by 1970). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (October 25).
When to clean gutters in Hazard
The first fall frost comes around October 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 19 (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 Hazard rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Hazard the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,220 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,440, 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 Hazard
Half the homes in Hazard were built by 1970, 57% 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. 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 69% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Kentucky
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Hazard which license or registration they hold in Kentucky, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hazard
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: