Madison County, Illinois
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Troy, IL
Troy gets about 46 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 13 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 14.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.9. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 28,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00112679, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Troy sits 54th for heavy-rain days of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (12.5 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (half built by 1992). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 695 places in Illinois on this site (October 20).
When to clean gutters in Troy
The first fall frost comes around October 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 12 (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 Troy rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Troy the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.63 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,890, 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 Troy
Half the homes in Troy were built by 1992, 34% 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.
68% of households own their home, and 69% 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 Illinois
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Troy which license or registration they hold in Illinois, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Troy
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1992, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: