Miami-Dade County, Florida
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Three Lakes, FL
Three Lakes gets about 56 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 16 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 24.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.0. That is about 34,800 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USW00012888, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Three Lakes sits near the middle of the 758 places in Florida on this site (16.4 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 761 places in Florida on this site (half built by 1997).
When to clean gutters in Three Lakes
Frost is rare in Three Lakes, 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 Three Lakes rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Three Lakes the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.80 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,330, 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 Three Lakes
Half the homes in Three Lakes were built by 1997, 8% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
66% of households own their home, and 56% of homes are detached houses, 27% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Florida
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Three Lakes which license or registration they hold in Florida, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Three Lakes
With 16.4 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: