Harrison County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Shinnston, WV
Rain in Shinnston adds up to about 45 inches in a normal year, with about 7 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 9.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00003802, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Shinnston ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (7.4 a year). Its housing ranks 29th oldest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1955). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 24).
When to clean gutters in Shinnston
The first fall frost comes around October 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (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 Shinnston rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Shinnston the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.16 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,170 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,340, 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 Shinnston
Half the homes in Shinnston were built by 1955, 83% 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.
76% of households own their home, and 77% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Shinnston what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Shinnston
With half the homes built by 1955, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: