St. Louis County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Pagedale, MO
A normal year in Pagedale 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. That is about 25,900 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 USW00013994, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Pagedale sits near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (11.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 14th oldest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1952). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Pagedale
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). 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 Pagedale rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Pagedale 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 Pagedale
Half the homes in Pagedale were built by 1952, 83% 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.
49% of households own their home, and 85% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Missouri
Ask any contractor working in Pagedale what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Pagedale
With half the homes built by 1952, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: