Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Rheems, PA
A normal year in Rheems brings about 44 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.1. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 27,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00369950, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Rheems falls near the middle of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (10.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 970 places in Pennsylvania on this site (half built by 1981). By first frost it falls 58th earliest for the first fall frost of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (October 10).
When to clean gutters in Rheems
The first fall frost comes around October 10 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 30 (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 Rheems rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Rheems the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.99 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,200 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,400, 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 Rheems
Half the homes in Rheems were built by 1981, 47% 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.
60% of households own their home, and 64% of homes are detached houses, 9% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
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 Rheems
With half the homes built by 1981, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: