Palm Beach County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Bay, FL
Rain in South Bay adds up to about 55 inches in a normal year, with about 17 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 25.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00080611, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, South Bay ranks near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (16.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 120th oldest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1974).
When to clean gutters in South Bay
Frost is rare in South Bay, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for South Bay rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In South Bay the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.50 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 760 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,520, 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 South Bay
Half the homes in South Bay were built by 1974, 68% 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. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Florida
Before hiring in South Bay, ask which Florida license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Bay
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: