King County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fairwood, WA
Rain in Fairwood adds up to about 35 inches in a normal year, with about 4 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 12.7 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.0. That is about 21,500 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 USW00094248, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Fairwood sits near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (3.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1981). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (November 16).
When to clean gutters in Fairwood
The first fall frost comes around November 16 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 13 (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.
Weather and gutters in Fairwood
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Fairwood; NOAA plans published Atlas 15 estimates for the lower 48 states no earlier than September 2027. Here gutters are sized from the roof and the local building department’s design rate.
The houses in Fairwood
Half the homes in Fairwood were built by 1981, 48% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
76% of households own their home, and 69% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Washington
Ask any contractor working in Fairwood what Washington requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Fairwood
With half the homes built by 1981, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: