St. Francois County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Bonne Terre, MO
Rain in Bonne Terre adds up to about 45 inches in a normal year, with about 13 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.3. That is about 28,000 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 USC00232809, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Bonne Terre sits near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.6 a year). Its housing ranks 73rd oldest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1963). By its first fall frost it sits 50th earliest for the first fall frost of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 21).
When to clean gutters in Bonne Terre
The first fall frost comes around October 21 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 13 (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 Bonne Terre rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Bonne Terre the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.69 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,870, 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 Bonne Terre
Half the homes in Bonne Terre were built by 1963, 71% 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.
63% of households own their home, and 71% 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 Missouri
Ask any contractor working in Bonne Terre what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Bonne Terre
With half the homes built by 1963, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: