Routt County, Colorado
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Steamboat Springs, CO
Rain in Steamboat Springs adds up to about 25 inches in a normal year, with about 1 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 6.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 5.1. That is about 15,300 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 USC00057936, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Steamboat Springs sits near the middle of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (1.4 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 181 places in Colorado on this site (half built by 1993). By its first fall frost it sits 12th earliest for the first fall frost of the 182 places in Colorado on this site (September 12).
When to clean gutters in Steamboat Springs
The first fall frost comes around September 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around June 9 (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 Steamboat Springs rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Steamboat Springs the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 5.41 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 1,330 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 2,660, 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 185 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 Steamboat Springs
Half the homes in Steamboat Springs were built by 1993, 26% 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.
69% of households own their home, and 30% of homes are detached houses, 17% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Colorado
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Steamboat Springs which license or registration they hold in Colorado, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Steamboat Springs
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: