Douglas County, Kansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lawrence, KS
A normal year in Lawrence brings about 39 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 24,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00144559, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Lawrence ranks 31st for heavy-rain days of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (11.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (half built by 1988). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (October 28).
When to clean gutters in Lawrence
The first fall frost comes around October 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 12 (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 Lawrence rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Lawrence the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Lawrence
Half the homes in Lawrence were built by 1988, 39% 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.
43% of households own their home, and 46% of homes are detached houses, 10% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Kansas
Before hiring in Lawrence, ask which Kansas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lawrence
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: