Wyoming County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Mullens, WV
Rain in Mullens adds up to about 49 inches in a normal year, with about 10 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.2. That is about 30,200 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 USC00466325, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Mullens sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (9.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 26th oldest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1954). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Mullens
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 24 (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 Mullens rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Mullens the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.00 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,200 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,400, 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 Mullens
Half the homes in Mullens were built by 1954, 91% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
84% of households own their home, and 90% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Mullens what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Mullens
With half the homes built by 1954, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: