Vigo County, Indiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Terre Haute, IN
Rain in Terre Haute adds up to about 45 inches in a normal year, with about 13 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00128732, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Terre Haute ranks 73rd for heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (12.5 a year). Its housing ranks 77th oldest by median year built of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (half built by 1958). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (October 19).
When to clean gutters in Terre Haute
The first fall frost comes around October 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 15 (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 Terre Haute rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Terre Haute the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.61 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 950 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,890, 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 Terre Haute
Half the homes in Terre Haute were built by 1958, 70% 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.
54% of households own their home, and 67% 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 Indiana
Ask any contractor working in Terre Haute what Indiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Terre Haute
With half the homes built by 1958, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: