Cook County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Olympia Fields, IL
Olympia Fields gets about 42 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 10 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.1. That is about 26,100 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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For days with an inch of rain or more, Olympia Fields ranks near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (9.8 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 1979). 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 Olympia Fields
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 23 (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 Olympia Fields rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Olympia Fields the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.34 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 980 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,960, 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 Olympia Fields
Half the homes in Olympia Fields were built by 1979, 51% 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.
86% of households own their home, and 83% of homes are detached houses, 8% 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 Olympia Fields what Illinois requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Olympia Fields
With half the homes built by 1979, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: