Hart County, Kentucky
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Horse Cave, KY
Rain in Horse Cave adds up to about 55 inches in a normal year, with about 14 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00153246, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Horse Cave ranks near the middle of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (14.2 a year). Its housing ranks 51st oldest by median year built of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (half built by 1969). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 238 places in Kentucky on this site (October 27).
When to clean gutters in Horse Cave
The first fall frost comes around October 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 9 (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 Horse Cave rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Horse Cave the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.49 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,110 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,220, 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 Horse Cave
Half the homes in Horse Cave were built by 1969, 65% 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.
64% of households own their home, and 69% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Kentucky
Before hiring in Horse Cave, ask which Kentucky license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Horse Cave
With half the homes built by 1969, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: