Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Jenks, OK
Jenks gets about 42 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 spring (March to May), with about 13.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.9. That is about 26,100 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USW00053908, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Jenks sits near the middle of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (12.1 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 2005). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Jenks
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 30 (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 Jenks rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Jenks the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.51 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 850 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,690, 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 Jenks
Half the homes in Jenks were built by 2005, 16% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
79% of households own their home, and 88% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Oklahoma
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Jenks which license or registration they hold in Oklahoma, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Jenks
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2005, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: