Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Avondale, LA
Avondale gets about 65 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 21 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 22.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00012930, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Avondale ranks near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.6 a year). By house age it falls 34th oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1970).
When to clean gutters in Avondale
Frost is rare in Avondale, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Avondale rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Avondale the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.46 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,380, 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 Avondale
Half the homes in Avondale were built by 1970, 79% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
86% of households own their home, and 95% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Louisiana
Ask any contractor working in Avondale what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Avondale
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: