Will County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in New Lenox, IL
A normal year in New Lenox brings about 38 inches of rain; on roughly 8 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.7. That is about 23,600 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 USC00114530, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, New Lenox sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (8.3 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1997). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 25).
When to clean gutters in New Lenox
The first fall frost comes around October 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 19 (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 New Lenox rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In New Lenox the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.03 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,020 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,050, 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 New Lenox
Half the homes in New Lenox were built by 1997, 20% 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.
91% of households own their home, and 81% of homes are detached houses, 10% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Illinois
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in New Lenox which license or registration they hold in Illinois, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in New Lenox
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1997, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: