Defiance County, Ohio
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hicksville, OH
Hicksville gets about 35 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 8 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 10.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 21,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00333722, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Hicksville sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 687 places in Ohio on this site (7.5 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 687 places in Ohio on this site (half built by 1962). By first frost it falls 83rd earliest for the first fall frost of the 687 places in Ohio on this site (October 17).
When to clean gutters in Hicksville
The first fall frost comes around October 17 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 28 (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 Hicksville rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hicksville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.60 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 Hicksville
Half the homes in Hicksville were built by 1962, 75% 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.
73% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses, 7% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Ohio
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Hicksville which license or registration they hold in Ohio, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hicksville
With half the homes built by 1962, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: