Lee County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lehigh Acres, FL
Rain in Lehigh Acres adds up to about 53 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 27.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 33,100 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00012894, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Lehigh Acres falls near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (15.3 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 2002).
When to clean gutters in Lehigh Acres
Frost is rare in Lehigh Acres, 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 Lehigh Acres rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lehigh Acres the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 Lehigh Acres
Half the homes in Lehigh Acres were built by 2002, 18% 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.
68% of households own their home, and 82% 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 Lehigh Acres which license or registration they hold in Florida, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lehigh Acres
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2002, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: