Washington County, Utah
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Apple Valley, UT
A normal year in Apple Valley brings about 14 inches of rain; on roughly 2 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 4.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 8,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00021920, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Apple Valley falls near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (1.8 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 142 places in Utah on this site (half built by 2008). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 142 places in Utah on this site (October 25).
When to clean gutters in Apple Valley
The first fall frost comes around October 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 26 (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 Apple Valley rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Apple Valley the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.84 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 3,750, 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.
Apple Valley is dry by national standards, about 14 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 3.84 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in Apple Valley
Half the homes in Apple Valley were built by 2008, 3% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
95% of households own their home, and 91% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Utah
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Apple Valley which license or registration they hold in Utah, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Apple Valley
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2008, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: