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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Norwich, CT
A normal year in Norwich brings about 52 inches of rain; on roughly 14 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 13.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 12.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 32,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00065910, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
By heavy-rain days, Norwich falls 33rd for heavy-rain days of the 161 places in Connecticut on this site (14.3 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 159 places in Connecticut on this site (half built by 1958). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 161 places in Connecticut on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Norwich
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 14 (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 Norwich rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Norwich the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.18 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,000 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,010, 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 Norwich
Half the homes in Norwich were built by 1958, 72% 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. 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.
54% of households own their home, and 44% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Connecticut
Before hiring in Norwich, ask which Connecticut license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Norwich
With half the homes built by 1958, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: