Linn County, Iowa
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ely, IA
A normal year in Ely brings about 37 inches of rain; on roughly 9 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.0. That is about 23,100 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 USC00138062, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Ely sits near the middle of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (9.4 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (half built by 1998). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 290 places in Iowa on this site (October 11).
When to clean gutters in Ely
The first fall frost comes around October 11 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 27 (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 Ely rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Ely the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.52 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,910, 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 Ely
Half the homes in Ely were built by 1998, 23% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
82% of households own their home, and 80% of homes are detached houses, 7% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Iowa
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Ely which license or registration they hold in Iowa, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ely
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1998, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: