Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Reamstown, PA
Rain in Reamstown adds up to about 47 inches in a normal year, with about 12 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00366238, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Reamstown ranks near the middle of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (11.8 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 970 places in Pennsylvania on this site (half built by 1983). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Reamstown
The first fall frost comes around November 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 14 (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 Reamstown rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Reamstown the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.12 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,180 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,350, 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.
Reamstown averages about 34 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 Reamstown
Half the homes in Reamstown were built by 1983, 42% 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.
81% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 13% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania requires home improvement contractors to register with the Attorney General under the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act. On contracts over $5,000 the deposit may not exceed one third of the price, and the homeowner can cancel within three business days of signing. Ask for the registration number and check it before signing.
Source: Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act, Act 132 of 2008. Look-up: Pennsylvania Attorney General, contractor registration search.
Gutter work in Reamstown
With half the homes built by 1983, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: