Palm Beach County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in The Acreage, FL
The Acreage gets about 66 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 24.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00086764, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, The Acreage ranks near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (16.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1996).
When to clean gutters in The Acreage
Frost is rare in The Acreage, 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 The Acreage rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In The Acreage the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.32 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 700 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,400, 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 The Acreage
Half the homes in The Acreage were built by 1996, 7% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
92% of households own their home, and 96% of homes are detached houses, 1% 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 The Acreage, ask which Florida license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in The Acreage
With 16.5 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: