Franklin County, Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in North Shore, VA
North Shore gets about 44 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 11 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 11.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.0. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00444148, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, North Shore ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (10.8 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 373 places in Virginia on this site (half built by 1992). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Virginia on this site (October 25).
When to clean gutters in North Shore
The first fall frost comes around October 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 20 (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 North Shore rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In North Shore the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.38 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,130 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,260, 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 Shore
Half the homes in North Shore were built by 1992, 10% 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.
97% of households own their home, and 71% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
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 North Shore
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1992, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: