St. Johns County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Palm Valley, FL
Rain in Palm Valley adds up to about 52 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.2 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 9.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 32,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00084366, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Palm Valley falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 758 places in Florida on this site (14.8 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1991).
When to clean gutters in Palm Valley
Frost is rare in Palm Valley, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Palm Valley rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Palm Valley the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.57 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,360, 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 Palm Valley
Half the homes in Palm Valley were built by 1991, 10% 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.
79% of households own their home, and 62% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Florida
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Palm Valley which license or registration they hold in Florida, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Palm Valley
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1991, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: