Elbert County, Colorado
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Elizabeth, CO
Rain in Elizabeth adds up to about 19 inches in a normal year, with about 3 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 7.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 12,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00052631, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Elizabeth falls 21st for heavy-rain days of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (2.9 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 181 places in Colorado on this site (half built by 1994). By first frost it falls 45th earliest for the first fall frost of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (October 2).
When to clean gutters in Elizabeth
The first fall frost comes around October 2 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 16 (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 Elizabeth rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Elizabeth the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.59 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,290 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,580, 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.
With about 75 inches of snow in a normal year here (NOAA normals), gutters carry ice as well as water. Ice dams start with heat from the house melting roof snow that refreezes at the edge (University of Minnesota Extension); the fix for the dam is in the attic, and the gutter’s part is to be hung strongly enough to take the weight.
The houses in Elizabeth
Half the homes in Elizabeth were built by 1994, 37% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
88% of households own their home, and 94% 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 Colorado
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Elizabeth which license or registration they hold in Colorado, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Elizabeth
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1994, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: