Tillamook County, Oregon
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tillamook, OR
Rain in Tillamook adds up to about 90 inches in a normal year, with about 25 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 37.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 5.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 55,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00358494, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Tillamook falls 12th for heavy-rain days of the 193 places in Oregon on this site (24.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 4th oldest by median year built of the 193 places in Oregon on this site (half built by 1951). By first frost it falls 24th earliest for the first fall frost of the 188 places in Oregon on this site (October 21).
When to clean gutters in Tillamook
The first fall frost comes around October 21 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.
Weather and gutters in Tillamook
NOAA Atlas 14 does not cover Washington and Oregon, so there is no current federal estimate of the short downpour for Tillamook; 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 Tillamook
Half the homes in Tillamook were built by 1951, 65% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
41% of households own their home, and 47% of homes are detached houses, 15% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Oregon
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Tillamook which license or registration they hold in Oregon, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Tillamook
With half the homes built by 1951, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: