Summit County, Utah
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Francis, UT
Francis gets about 17 inches of rain in a normal year, and a day with an inch or more comes once every 2 years or so. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 4.7 inches. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof that is about 10,300 gallons a year, most of it in steady rain rather than downpours.
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NOAA station USC00424467, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Francis falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 142 places in Utah on this site (0.6 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (half built by 2001). The first frost here ranks 7th earliest for the first fall frost of the 142 places in Utah on this site (September 17).
When to clean gutters in Francis
The first fall frost comes around September 17 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around June 5 (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 Francis rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Francis the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.22 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,240 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,470, 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 97 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 Francis
Half the homes in Francis were built by 2001, 26% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
89% of households own their home, and 96% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Utah
Before hiring in Francis, ask which Utah license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Francis
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2001, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: