Grundy County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Braidwood, IL
A normal year in Braidwood brings about 37 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 12.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 23,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00111420, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Braidwood ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (8.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1994). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 26).
When to clean gutters in Braidwood
The first fall frost comes around October 26 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 16 (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 Braidwood rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Braidwood the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.07 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,020 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,040, 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 Braidwood
Half the homes in Braidwood were built by 1994, 27% 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.
82% of households own their home, and 72% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. 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 Braidwood, ask which Illinois license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Braidwood
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1994, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: