The snowiest city on the valley floor. Ten minutes from our Sandy shop.
Cottonwood Heights sits between the mouths of Big and Little Cottonwood canyons, and it gets more snow than any other city on the valley floor: lake-effect storms stack up against the mountains, and the cold air that drains out of the canyons keeps it on the roof. Ice dams, crushed gutters and frozen downspouts are routine in Ferguson Canyon, the Big Cottonwood bench and the neighborhoods above Fort Union Boulevard.
SwiftHand Gutters is ten minutes away in Sandy and treats Cottonwood Heights as a heavy-snow market: six-inch gutters as the default on main eaves, three-by-four downspouts, close hanger spacing, and heat tape on nearly every north- and east-facing run. Most of the city was built in the seventies and eighties, so we also do a lot of replacement and fascia repair.
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Capacity and strength. A bench home below Big Cottonwood can carry two feet of snow after a storm, and when it melts off a south-facing roof in a March afternoon, a five-inch gutter overflows. Six-inch gutters hold about forty percent more water and take a larger downspout that is less likely to freeze solid. The ice that forms along shaded eaves is heavy, so we hang on .032 gauge aluminum with screw hangers at twelve to sixteen inches on north and east runs.
Ice dams are the other half. Heat tape in a zigzag along the eave and down each downspout, on a sensor controller that runs only when it is cold and wet, is the standard recommendation on the bench. Canyon winds strap-test every downspout, so we strap at every elbow. The seventies split-levels and eighties two-stories that make up most of the city often have fascia that has been soaked for years under failing gutters, and we inspect and repair it on every replacement.
Prices are published on our pricing page and are the same in Cottonwood Heights as anywhere else we work. Estimates are free, measured on site and itemized by the foot.
Ferguson Canyon, the Big Cottonwood bench, Old Mill, Brighton High area, Butler, Danish Road, the Fort Union corridor, Mountview, Bengal Boulevard, Top of the World and the Wasatch Boulevard homes.
Nearby: Sandy, Holladay, Millcreek, Midvale. See all of Salt Lake County.
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We measure every run, check the fascia and downspout placement, and leave an itemized quote by the foot. Most Cottonwood Heights estimates are scheduled within two or three business days.
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We recommend five-inch or six-inch run by run, aluminum, steel or copper, and match a color to your trim from the sample ring.
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Seamless gutters are formed in your driveway, hung on hidden screw hangers, pitched and sealed, with downspouts connected the same day.
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We water test every section, haul away the old gutters and hand you the seven-year workmanship warranty.
On the main eaves, usually yes. The snow load and spring melt on the bench overwhelm five-inch gutters on most roofs.
It keeps a channel open through the ice so meltwater reaches the downspout instead of backing up under shingles. Combined with attic insulation it stops most of the damage.
We replace the damaged runs with heavier gauge and, on metal roofs, add snow guards above the gutter line so it does not happen again.
Same week for storm and ice damage, often next day for a gutter that is hanging.
