Pima County, Arizona
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tanque Verde, AZ
Tanque Verde gets about 13 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 2 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 5.5 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 1.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 8,100 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00028998, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Tanque Verde falls near the middle of the 119 places in Arizona on this site (1.9 a year). By house age it falls 17th oldest by median year built of the 120 places in Arizona on this site (half built by 1984).
When to clean gutters in Tanque Verde
Frost is rare in Tanque Verde, 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 Tanque Verde rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Tanque Verde the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.25 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). 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.
Tanque Verde is dry by national standards, about 13 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 6.25 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in Tanque Verde
Half the homes in Tanque Verde were built by 1984, 43% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
96% of households own their home, and 98% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Arizona
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Tanque Verde which license or registration they hold in Arizona, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Tanque Verde
With half the homes built by 1984, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: