St. Louis County, Missouri
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Valley Park, MO
Valley Park gets about 44 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 12 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.3. That is about 27,600 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 USC00238561, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Valley Park sits near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (12.2 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (half built by 1990). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 361 places in Missouri on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Valley Park
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Valley Park rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Valley Park the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.54 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 950 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,910, 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 Valley Park
Half the homes in Valley Park were built by 1990, 28% 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.
52% of households own their home, and 50% of homes are detached houses, 7% 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 Valley Park what Missouri requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Valley Park
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1990, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: