Madison County, Tennessee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Three Way, TN
Rain in Three Way adds up to about 55 inches in a normal year, with about 17 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.7 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00404568, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Three Way falls 74th for heavy-rain days of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (17.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (half built by 1997). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 296 places in Tennessee on this site (October 30).
When to clean gutters in Three Way
The first fall frost comes around October 30 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Three Way rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Three Way the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.16 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,010 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,010, 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 Way
Half the homes in Three Way were built by 1997, 17% 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.
93% of households own their home, and 99% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Tennessee
Tennessee requires a home improvement license for residential projects from $3,000 to $24,999 only in the counties that adopted the law: Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford and Shelby. From $25,000 a contractor license is required statewide. In those nine counties, ask for the home improvement license number on any job of $3,000 or more and check it.
Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors, Home Improvement. Look-up: Tennessee license verification.
Gutter work in Three Way
With 17.3 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: