Madison County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Marine, IL
A normal year in Marine brings about 45 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 13.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.0. That is about 27,600 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 USC00114089, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Marine ranks 66th for heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (12.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1970). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Marine
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 12 (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 Marine rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Marine the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.63 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 Marine
Half the homes in Marine were built by 1970, 62% 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. 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.
81% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Illinois
Ask any contractor working in Marine what Illinois requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Marine
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: