Washington County, Wisconsin
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Richfield, WI
A normal year in Richfield brings about 34 inches of rain; on roughly 7 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 4.7. That is about 21,300 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 USC00473058, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Richfield sits near the middle of the 386 places in Wisconsin on this site (7.4 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (half built by 1988). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (October 16).
When to clean gutters in Richfield
The first fall frost comes around October 16 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 30 (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 Richfield rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Richfield the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.33 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 980 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,960, 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 54 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 Richfield
Half the homes in Richfield were built by 1988, 46% 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.
97% of households own their home, and 96% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Wisconsin
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Richfield which license or registration they hold in Wisconsin, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Richfield
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: