Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Alexandria, LA
Alexandria gets about 61 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 20 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.2 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 14.1. That is about 37,800 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 USC00160098, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Alexandria sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (19.8 a year). Its housing ranks 34th oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1970). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (November 27).
When to clean gutters in Alexandria
The first fall frost comes around November 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 27 (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 Alexandria rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Alexandria the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.27 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 700 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,400, 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 Alexandria
Half the homes in Alexandria were built by 1970, 65% 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.
52% of households own their home, and 70% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Louisiana
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Alexandria which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Alexandria
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: