Chicot County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lake Village, AR
Lake Village gets about 56 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 winter (December to February), with about 17.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 35,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00035866, 14 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lake Village sits 35th for heavy-rain days of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (17.7 a year). By house age it falls 53rd oldest by median year built of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1976). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Lake Village
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 13 (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 Lake Village rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lake Village the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.53 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 840 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 Lake Village
Half the homes in Lake Village were built by 1976, 58% 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.
57% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Arkansas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Lake Village which license or registration they hold in Arkansas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lake Village
With half the homes built by 1976, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: