Salt Lake County, Utah
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Magna, UT
A normal year in Magna brings about 18 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 6.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 2.5. That is about 11,000 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00423097, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Magna sits near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (1.8 a year). Its housing ranks 28th oldest by median year built of the 142 places in Utah on this site (half built by 1981). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 142 places in Utah on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Magna
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 3 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Magna rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Magna the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.10 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,320 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,650, 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.
The houses in Magna
Half the homes in Magna were built by 1981, 49% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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 79% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Utah
Ask any contractor working in Magna what Utah requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Magna
With half the homes built by 1981, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: