Miami-Dade County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Surfside, FL
Rain in Surfside adds up to about 57 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 21.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 35,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00092811, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Surfside falls near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (17.2 a year). Its housing ranks 78th oldest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1971).
Gutter and downspout size for Surfside rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Surfside the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.98 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 660 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,310, 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 Surfside
Half the homes in Surfside were built by 1971, 62% 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.
66% of households own their home, and 36% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. 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 Surfside, ask which Florida license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Surfside
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: