Montgomery County, Kansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cherryvale, KS
A normal year in Cherryvale brings about 41 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.6. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 25,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00140810, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Cherryvale falls 19th for heavy-rain days of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (12.4 a year). Its housing ranks 9th oldest by median year built of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (half built by 1950). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 162 places in Kansas on this site (October 31).
When to clean gutters in Cherryvale
The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 5 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Cherryvale rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Cherryvale the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.29 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,740, 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 Cherryvale
Half the homes in Cherryvale were built by 1950, 80% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
62% of households own their home, and 89% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Kansas
Before hiring in Cherryvale, ask which Kansas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Cherryvale
With half the homes built by 1950, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: