Kootenai County, Idaho
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Post Falls, ID
A normal year in Post Falls brings about 25 inches of rain; on roughly 2 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 8.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 3.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 15,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00101956, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Post Falls falls 14th for heavy-rain days of the 90 places in Idaho on this site (1.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 90 places in Idaho on this site (half built by 2003). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 90 places in Idaho on this site (October 18).
When to clean gutters in Post Falls
The first fall frost comes around October 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 22 (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 Post Falls rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Post Falls the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.67 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 12). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 3,920, 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 Post Falls
Half the homes in Post Falls were built by 2003, 17% 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.
66% of households own their home, and 70% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Idaho
Before hiring in Post Falls, ask which Idaho license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Post Falls
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: