Berks County, Pennsylvania
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Temple, PA
South Temple gets about 45 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 11 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00014712, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, South Temple ranks near the middle of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (11.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 970 places in Pennsylvania on this site (half built by 1953). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 975 places in Pennsylvania on this site (October 31).
When to clean gutters in South Temple
The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (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 South Temple rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In South Temple the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.25 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). 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 2,300, 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 Temple
Half the homes in South Temple were built by 1953, 95% 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.
95% of households own their home, and 90% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania requires home improvement contractors to register with the Attorney General under the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act. On contracts over $5,000 the deposit may not exceed one third of the price, and the homeowner can cancel within three business days of signing. Ask for the registration number and check it before signing.
Source: Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act, Act 132 of 2008. Look-up: Pennsylvania Attorney General, contractor registration search.
Gutter work in South Temple
With half the homes built by 1953, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: