DeKalb County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Smithville, TN
A normal year in Smithville brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.7 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.5. That is about 35,300 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 USC00408405, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Smithville ranks near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (16.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 65th oldest by median year built of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 1974). By its first fall frost it sits 23rd earliest for the first fall frost of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (October 22).
When to clean gutters in Smithville
The first fall frost comes around October 22 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (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 Smithville rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Smithville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.18 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,000 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,010, 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 Smithville
Half the homes in Smithville were built by 1974, 70% 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.
48% of households own their home, and 67% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Tennessee
Tennessee requires a home improvement license for residential projects from $3,000 to $24,999 only in the counties that adopted the law: Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford and Shelby. From $25,000 a contractor license is required statewide. In those nine counties, ask for the home improvement license number on any job of $3,000 or more and check it.
Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Home Improvement. Look-up: Tennessee license verification.
Gutter work in Smithville
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: