Arapahoe County, Colorado
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Four Square Mile, CO
Four Square Mile gets about 15 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 2 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 5.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 1.5. That is about 9,500 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 USW00023062, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Four Square Mile sits near the middle of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (2.2 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 181 places in Colorado on this site (half built by 1989). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (October 8).
When to clean gutters in Four Square Mile
The first fall frost comes around October 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 7 (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 Four Square Mile rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Four Square Mile the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,360 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,720, 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 49 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 Four Square Mile
Half the homes in Four Square Mile were built by 1989, 26% 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.
25% of households own their home, and 13% of homes are detached houses, 12% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Colorado
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Four Square Mile which license or registration they hold in Colorado, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Four Square Mile
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1989, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: