Crawford County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Sullivan, MO
A normal year in Sullivan brings about 44 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.7. That is about 27,200 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 USC00238171, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Sullivan sits 81st for heavy-rain days of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.9 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1975). By first frost it falls 82nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 23).
When to clean gutters in Sullivan
The first fall frost comes around October 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 11 (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 Sullivan rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Sullivan the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.86 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 920 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,830, 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 Sullivan
Half the homes in Sullivan were built by 1975, 59% 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.
69% of households own their home, and 77% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Missouri
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Sullivan which license or registration they hold in Missouri, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Sullivan
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: