King County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fall City, WA
Fall City gets about 63 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 winter (December to February), with about 22.9 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 5.6. That is about 39,200 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 USC00457773, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Fall City sits 45th for heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (13.4 a year). By house age it falls 52nd oldest by median year built of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1972). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (November 7).
When to clean gutters in Fall City
The first fall frost comes around November 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 30 (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 Fall City
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Fall City; 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 Fall City
Half the homes in Fall City were built by 1972, 60% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 89% of homes are detached houses. 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 Fall City what Washington requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Fall City
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: