Madison County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Glen Carbon, IL
A normal year in Glen Carbon brings about 46 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00112679, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Glen Carbon ranks 54th for heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (12.5 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 1989). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Glen Carbon
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Glen Carbon rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Glen Carbon the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.62 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 Glen Carbon
Half the homes in Glen Carbon were built by 1989, 35% 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.
64% of households own their home, and 66% of homes are detached houses, 7% 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 Glen Carbon, ask which Illinois license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Glen Carbon
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1989, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: