Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Salem Lakes, WI
Rain in Salem Lakes adds up to about 38 inches in a normal year, with about 7 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 11.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.9. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 23,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00476380, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Salem Lakes falls near the middle of the 386 places in Wisconsin on this site (7.3 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (half built by 1987). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (October 15).
When to clean gutters in Salem Lakes
The first fall frost comes around October 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 30 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Salem Lakes rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Salem Lakes the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 6.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,040 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,080, 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.
With about 43 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Salem Lakes
Half the homes in Salem Lakes were built by 1987, 44% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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, 3% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Wisconsin
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Salem Lakes which license or registration they hold in Wisconsin, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Salem Lakes
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1987, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: