Bristol County, Massachusetts
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Raynham Center, MA
A normal year in Raynham Center brings about 49 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.2 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 30,200 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00198367, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Raynham Center falls near the middle of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (13.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 217 places in Massachusetts on this site (half built by 1974). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 216 places in Massachusetts on this site (October 19).
When to clean gutters in Raynham Center
The first fall frost comes around October 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 22 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Raynham Center rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Raynham Center the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.14 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,010 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,020, 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 Raynham Center
Half the homes in Raynham Center were built by 1974, 65% 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.
70% of households own their home, and 70% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Massachusetts
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Raynham Center which license or registration they hold in Massachusetts, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Raynham Center
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: