Bexar County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Balcones Heights, TX
Balcones Heights gets about 34 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 9 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 10.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 21,100 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00417947, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
By heavy-rain days, Balcones Heights falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (9.2 a year). By house age it falls 192nd oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1973). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 28).
When to clean gutters in Balcones Heights
The first fall frost comes around November 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 25 (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 Balcones Heights rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Balcones Heights the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.19 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 780 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,570, 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 Balcones Heights
Half the homes in Balcones Heights were built by 1973, 78% 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.
18% of households own their home, and 18% of homes are detached houses, 6% 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 Balcones Heights which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Balcones Heights
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: