Kent County, Delaware
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Highland Acres, DE
Highland Acres gets about 48 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 12 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00072730, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Highland Acres ranks near the middle of the 53 places in Delaware on this site (12.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 52 places in Delaware on this site (half built by 1973). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 53 places in Delaware on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Highland Acres
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Highland Acres rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Highland Acres 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 Highland Acres
Half the homes in Highland Acres were built by 1973, 70% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
84% of households own their home, and 88% 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 Delaware
Before hiring in Highland Acres, ask which Delaware license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Highland Acres
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: