Weld County, Colorado
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Kersey, CO
A normal year in Kersey brings about 15 inches of rain; on roughly 2 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 5.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 1.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 9,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00053553, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Kersey ranks near the middle of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (2.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 181 places in Colorado on this site (half built by 1979). 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 Kersey
The first fall frost comes around October 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 2 (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 Kersey rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Kersey the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.81 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,240 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,480, 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 35 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.
Kersey is dry by national standards, about 15 inches in a normal year, but much of the rain that does come can arrive in short, hard storms: the five-minute downpour expected once in ten years still runs at 5.81 inches an hour. Where gutters are used here, the job is moving that burst away from the foundation, and keeping a dry season’s dust and debris from blocking the first storm.
The houses in Kersey
Half the homes in Kersey were built by 1979, 52% 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.
65% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Colorado
Ask any contractor working in Kersey what Colorado requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Kersey
With half the homes built by 1979, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: