Prince George's County, Maryland
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Westphalia, MD
Westphalia gets about 45 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 12 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.2. That is about 27,900 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 USC00189070, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Westphalia ranks near the middle of the 329 places in Maryland on this site (11.5 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 329 places in Maryland on this site (half built by 2011). By its first fall frost it sits 54th earliest for the first fall frost of the 329 places in Maryland on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Westphalia
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 9 (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 Westphalia rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Westphalia the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.71 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,070 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,150, 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 Westphalia
Half the homes in Westphalia were built by 2011, 24% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
92% of households own their home, and 47% of homes are detached houses, 46% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Maryland
Maryland requires a Maryland Home Improvement Commission license for home improvement work of any amount, gutters included, and a contractor may not take a deposit of more than one third of the contract price (Business Regulation § 8-617). Look the license up before signing, and keep the deposit to one third or less.
Source: Maryland Business Regulation § 8-101. Look-up: Maryland Home Improvement Commission, public query.
Gutter work in Westphalia
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2011, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: