Martin County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hobe Sound, FL
Hobe Sound gets about 64 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 summer (June to August), with about 25.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 39,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00087304, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Hobe Sound falls 125th for heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (18.4 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1983).
When to clean gutters in Hobe Sound
Frost is rare in Hobe Sound, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Hobe Sound rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hobe Sound the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.43 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,380, 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 Hobe Sound
Half the homes in Hobe Sound were built by 1983, 37% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 47% of homes are detached houses, 9% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Florida
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Hobe Sound which license or registration they hold in Florida, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hobe Sound
With half the homes built by 1983, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: