St. Louis County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Northwoods, MO
A normal year in Northwoods brings about 42 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 25,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013994, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Northwoods ranks near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (11.0 a year). By house age it falls 16th oldest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1953). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Northwoods
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 1 (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 Northwoods rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Northwoods the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.49 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 1,920, 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 Northwoods
Half the homes in Northwoods were built by 1953, 99% 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.
78% of households own their home, and 100% 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
Ask any contractor working in Northwoods what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Northwoods
With half the homes built by 1953, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: