Norfolk city, Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Norfolk, VA
A normal year in Norfolk brings about 46 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 15.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013750, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Norfolk ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (10.4 a year). By house age it falls 40th oldest by median year built of the 373 places in Virginia on this site (half built by 1964). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (November 26).
When to clean gutters in Norfolk
The first fall frost comes around November 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 16 (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 Norfolk rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Norfolk the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.55 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 950 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,910, 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 Norfolk
Half the homes in Norfolk were built by 1964, 68% 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.
46% of households own their home, and 49% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Virginia
Virginia requires a Board for Contractors license for any contract over $1,000; gutter work on a home falls under the home improvement specialty (HIC) or the residential building classification. Ask for the license number and class, and look it up before signing.
Source: Code of Virginia § 54.1-1100. Look-up: Virginia DPOR, license lookup.
Gutter work in Norfolk
With half the homes built by 1964, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: