Beaufort County, North Carolina
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Washington, NC
Washington gets about 53 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 15 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 16.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 11.0. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 32,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00319100, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Washington ranks 89th for heavy-rain days of the 457 places in North Carolina on this site (15.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 60th oldest by median year built of the 457 places in North Carolina on this site (half built by 1970). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 456 places in North Carolina on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Washington
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 22 (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
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Washington the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.10 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,780, 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 1970, 64% 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.
51% of households own their home, and 63% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in North Carolina
North Carolina licenses general contractors for projects of $40,000 or more (G.S. 87-1). An ordinary gutter job falls well below that, so no state license is required for it. Ask for proof of liability insurance and a written quote; for a larger project, look the company up with the licensing board.
Source: N.C. General Statutes § 87-1. Look-up: NC Licensing Board for General Contractors, license search.
Gutter work in Washington
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: