Harrison County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Salem, WV
Rain in Salem adds up to about 49 inches in a normal year, with about 11 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 30,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00469458, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Salem falls 32nd for heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (10.5 a year). Its housing ranks 12th oldest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1949). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 21).
When to clean gutters in Salem
The first fall frost comes around October 21 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 28 (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 Salem rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Salem the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.34 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,140 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,270, 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 Salem
Half the homes in Salem were built by 1949, 77% 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.
71% 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 West Virginia
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Salem which license or registration they hold in West Virginia, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Salem
With half the homes built by 1949, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: