Ada County, Idaho
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hidden Springs, ID
Hidden Springs gets about 18 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 1 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 6.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 1.6. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 11,200 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00101017, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Hidden Springs falls near the middle of the 90 places in Idaho on this site (1.1 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 90 places in Idaho on this site (half built by 2008). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 90 places in Idaho on this site (October 12).
When to clean gutters in Hidden Springs
The first fall frost comes around October 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 17 (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 Hidden Springs rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hidden Springs the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.95 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 12). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,820 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 3,650, 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.
Hidden Springs averages about 57 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
The houses in Hidden Springs
Half the homes in Hidden Springs were built by 2008, 0% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
85% of households own their home, and 96% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Idaho
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Hidden Springs which license or registration they hold in Idaho, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hidden Springs
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2008, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: