Harrison County, Iowa
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Woodbine, IA
A normal year in Woodbine brings about 34 inches of rain; on roughly 8 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 3.1. That is about 21,300 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 USC00134894, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Woodbine sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (8.2 a year). By house age it falls 52nd oldest by median year built of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (half built by 1954). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (October 8).
When to clean gutters in Woodbine
The first fall frost comes around October 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 29 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Woodbine rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Woodbine the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.60 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 950 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,890, 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 Woodbine
Half the homes in Woodbine were built by 1954, 78% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
66% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Iowa
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Woodbine which license or registration they hold in Iowa, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Woodbine
With half the homes built by 1954, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: