Pulaski County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in North Little Rock, AR
A normal year in North Little Rock brings about 50 inches of rain; on roughly 15 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 15.6 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 10.0. That is about 31,300 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 USW00013963, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, North Little Rock ranks near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (14.6 a year). Its housing ranks 34th oldest by median year built of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1975). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (November 10).
When to clean gutters in North Little Rock
The first fall frost comes around November 10 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 21 (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 North Little Rock rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In North Little Rock the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 910 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,820, 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 North Little Rock
Half the homes in North Little Rock were built by 1975, 59% 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.
47% of households own their home, and 61% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Arkansas
Ask any contractor working in North Little Rock what Arkansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in North Little Rock
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: