Nassau County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Nassau Village-Ratliff, FL
A normal year in Nassau Village-Ratliff brings about 53 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 21.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.9. That is about 33,100 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 USW00013889, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Nassau Village-Ratliff sits near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (15.9 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1991). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 131 places in Florida on this site (December 7).
When to clean gutters in Nassau Village-Ratliff
The first fall frost comes around December 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 25 (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 Nassau Village-Ratliff rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Nassau Village-Ratliff the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.89 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 1,460, 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 Nassau Village-Ratliff
Half the homes in Nassau Village-Ratliff were built by 1991, 23% 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.
80% of households own their home, and 49% 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 Florida
Ask any contractor working in Nassau Village-Ratliff what Florida requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Nassau Village-Ratliff
With 15.9 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: