Putnam County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Poca, WV
A normal year in Poca brings about 39 inches of rain; on roughly 8 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 8.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 24,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00469683, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Poca ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (8.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1968). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Poca
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (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 Poca rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Poca the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.56 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,100 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,200, 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 Poca
Half the homes in Poca were built by 1968, 77% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
91% of households own their home, and 89% 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
Ask any contractor working in Poca what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Poca
With half the homes built by 1968, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: