Daviess County, Indiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Washington, IN
A normal year in Washington brings about 48 inches of rain; on roughly 14 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00129253, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Washington ranks 16th for heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (14.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (half built by 1962). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (October 25).
When to clean gutters in Washington
The first fall frost comes around October 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 10 (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 Washington rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Washington the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.51 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,920, 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 Washington
Half the homes in Washington were built by 1962, 73% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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 70% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Indiana
Before hiring in Washington, ask which Indiana license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Washington
With half the homes built by 1962, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: