Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Sussex, WI
Rain in Sussex adds up to about 36 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 12.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 5.1. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 22,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00471062, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Sussex falls near the middle of the 386 places in Wisconsin on this site (7.4 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (half built by 1993). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 387 places in Wisconsin on this site (October 16).
When to clean gutters in Sussex
The first fall frost comes around October 16 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 Sussex rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Sussex the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.25 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 990 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,990, 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.
Sussex averages about 54 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
The houses in Sussex
Half the homes in Sussex were built by 1993, 25% 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.
69% of households own their home, and 62% of homes are detached houses, 8% 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 Sussex which license or registration they hold in Wisconsin, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Sussex
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: