Dallas County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Addison, TX
A normal year in Addison brings about 40 inches of rain; on roughly 13 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 11.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 7.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 24,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00411490, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Addison ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (13.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1996). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 21).
When to clean gutters in Addison
The first fall frost comes around November 21 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Addison rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Addison the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.33 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 860 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Addison
Half the homes in Addison were built by 1996, 13% 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.
18% of households own their home, and 14% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Before hiring in Addison, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Addison
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1996, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: