Chittenden County, Vermont
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Burlington, VT
Rain in South Burlington adds up to about 38 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 11.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 23,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00014742, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, South Burlington falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 39 places in Vermont on this site (6.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 39 places in Vermont on this site (half built by 1988). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 39 places in Vermont on this site (October 15).
When to clean gutters in South Burlington
The first fall frost comes around October 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 29 (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 South Burlington rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In South Burlington the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.28 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 10). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,150 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,290, 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.
South Burlington averages about 88 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
The houses in South Burlington
Half the homes in South Burlington were built by 1988, 32% 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.
60% of households own their home, and 40% of homes are detached houses, 18% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Vermont
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in South Burlington which license or registration they hold in Vermont, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Burlington
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: