Davis County, Utah
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in North Salt Lake, UT
A normal year in North Salt Lake brings about 23 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 8.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 14,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00420820, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, North Salt Lake falls 27th for heavy-rain days of the 142 places in Utah on this site (3.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 142 places in Utah on this site (half built by 2003). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 142 places in Utah on this site (October 19).
When to clean gutters in North Salt Lake
The first fall frost comes around October 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 24 (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 North Salt Lake rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In North Salt Lake the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.26 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,210 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,420, 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 North Salt Lake
Half the homes in North Salt Lake were built by 2003, 25% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
68% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses, 8% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Utah
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in North Salt Lake which license or registration they hold in Utah, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in North Salt Lake
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2003, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: