Madison County, Ohio
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in London, OH
A normal year in London brings about 42 inches of rain; on roughly 10 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.6. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 26,200 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00334681, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, London falls 152nd for heavy-rain days of the 687 places in Ohio on this site (9.6 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 687 places in Ohio on this site (half built by 1973). The first frost here ranks 113th earliest for the first fall frost of the 687 places in Ohio on this site (October 18).
When to clean gutters in London
The first fall frost comes around October 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 24 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for London rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In London the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.91 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,040 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,080, 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 London
Half the homes in London were built by 1973, 56% 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 66% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Ohio
Before hiring in London, ask which Ohio license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in London
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: