Christian County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Assumption, IL
A normal year in Assumption brings about 41 inches of rain; on roughly 10 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 12.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 25,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00115950, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Assumption ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (10.0 a year). By house age it falls 28th oldest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1947). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 23).
When to clean gutters in Assumption
The first fall frost comes around October 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 17 (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 Assumption rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Assumption the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.63 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 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 Assumption
Half the homes in Assumption were built by 1947, 88% 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.
61% of households own their home, and 88% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Illinois
Before hiring in Assumption, ask which Illinois license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Assumption
With half the homes built by 1947, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: