Texas County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Licking, MO
Licking gets about 47 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 12 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00234919, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Licking ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.4 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1974). The first frost here ranks 34th earliest for the first fall frost of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 19).
When to clean gutters in Licking
The first fall frost comes around October 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 20 (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 Licking rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Licking the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.58 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 950 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,900, 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 Licking
Half the homes in Licking were built by 1974, 60% 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.
57% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Missouri
Before hiring in Licking, ask which Missouri license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Licking
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: