Fremont County, Colorado
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Howard, CO
A normal year in Howard brings about 26 inches of rain; on roughly 3 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 7.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 5.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 16,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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For days with an inch of rain or more, Howard ranks 16th for heavy-rain days of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (3.1 a year). Its housing ranks 38th oldest by median year built of the 181 places in Colorado on this site (half built by 1977). The first frost here ranks 21st earliest for the first fall frost of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (September 20).
When to clean gutters in Howard
The first fall frost comes around September 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 29 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Howard rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Howard the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 4.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 3,350, 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 37 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 Howard
Half the homes in Howard were built by 1977, 64% 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.
80% of households own their home, and 92% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Colorado
Before hiring in Howard, ask which Colorado license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Howard
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: