Bastrop County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Austin, TX
A normal year in Austin brings about 36 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 10.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 22,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00013958, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Austin falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (11.0 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1993). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 3).
When to clean gutters in Austin
The first fall frost comes around December 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 20 (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.
Gutter and downspout size for Austin rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Austin the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.58 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 750 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,500, 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 Austin
Half the homes in Austin were built by 1993, 29% 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.
44% of households own their home, and 44% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Austin which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Austin
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: