Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in West Lafayette, IN
Rain in West Lafayette adds up to about 37 inches in a normal year, with about 9 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 22,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00014835, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, West Lafayette ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (8.5 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (half built by 1990). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 344 places in Indiana on this site (October 18).
When to clean gutters in West Lafayette
The first fall frost comes around October 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 26 (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 West Lafayette rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In West Lafayette the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.55 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 950 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,910, 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 West Lafayette
Half the homes in West Lafayette were built by 1990, 37% 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.
31% of households own their home, and 33% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Indiana
Ask any contractor working in West Lafayette what Indiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in West Lafayette
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1990, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: