Spokane County, Washington
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Spokane Valley, WA
Spokane Valley gets about 17 inches of rain in a normal year, and a day with an inch or more comes once every 3 years or so. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 5.5 inches. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof that is about 10,800 gallons a year, most of it in steady rain rather than downpours.
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NOAA station USW00094176, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Spokane Valley sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 344 places in Washington on this site (0.3 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 344 places in Washington on this site (half built by 1978). By first frost it falls 42nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 344 places in Washington on this site (October 15).
When to clean gutters in Spokane Valley
The first fall frost comes around October 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 26 (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.
Weather and gutters in Spokane Valley
With about 45 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.
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Spokane Valley; NOAA plans published Atlas 15 estimates for the lower 48 states no earlier than September 2027. Here gutters are sized from the roof and the local building department’s design rate.
The houses in Spokane Valley
Half the homes in Spokane Valley were built by 1978, 54% 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.
57% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Washington
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Spokane Valley which license or registration they hold in Washington, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Spokane Valley
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: