Grafton County, New Hampshire
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Plymouth, NH
Plymouth gets about 44 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 9 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.8. That is about 27,600 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 USC00276945, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Plymouth sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 60 places in New Hampshire on this site (9.1 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 60 places in New Hampshire on this site (half built by 1973). By first frost it falls 3rd earliest for the first fall frost of the 60 places in New Hampshire on this site (September 27).
When to clean gutters in Plymouth
The first fall frost comes around September 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 20 (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 Plymouth rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Plymouth the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.32 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,140 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,280, 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.
With about 68 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Plymouth
Half the homes in Plymouth were built by 1973, 61% 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. 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.
48% of households own their home, and 46% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in New Hampshire
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Plymouth which license or registration they hold in New Hampshire, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Plymouth
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: