Putnam County, West Virginia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Teays Valley, WV
A normal year in Teays Valley brings about 39 inches of rain; on roughly 8 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 8.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 24,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00469683, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Teays Valley ranks near the middle of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (8.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (half built by 1992). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 147 places in West Virginia on this site (October 30).
When to clean gutters in Teays Valley
The first fall frost comes around October 30 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 18 (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 Teays Valley rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Teays Valley the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.62 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,090 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,180, 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 Teays Valley
Half the homes in Teays Valley were built by 1992, 23% 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.
82% of households own their home, and 80% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in West Virginia
Ask any contractor working in Teays Valley what West Virginia requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Teays Valley
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1992, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: