Barbour County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Philippi, WV
A normal year in Philippi brings about 50 inches of rain; on roughly 10 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00466982, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Philippi ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (9.6 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1959). The first frost here ranks 18th earliest for the first fall frost of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 13).
When to clean gutters in Philippi
The first fall frost comes around October 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 6 (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 Philippi rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Philippi the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.96 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,210 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,420, 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.
Philippi averages about 47 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
The houses in Philippi
Half the homes in Philippi were built by 1959, 86% 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.
68% of households own their home, and 66% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in West Virginia
Before hiring in Philippi, ask which West Virginia license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Philippi
With half the homes built by 1959, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: