Cache County, Utah
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hyrum, UT
Rain in Hyrum adds up to about 18 inches in a normal year, with about 1 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 6.0 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 2.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 11,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00425194, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Hyrum falls near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (1.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (half built by 1991). By first frost it falls 27th earliest for the first fall frost of the 142 places in Utah on this site (September 28).
When to clean gutters in Hyrum
The first fall frost comes around September 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 12 (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 Hyrum rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Hyrum the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 2.98 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,420 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,830, 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 52 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 Hyrum
Half the homes in Hyrum were built by 1991, 45% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
86% of households own their home, and 90% 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 Utah
Before hiring in Hyrum, ask which Utah license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hyrum
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1991, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: