St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Bayou Gauche, LA
A normal year in Bayou Gauche brings about 66 inches of rain; on roughly 20 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 21.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 40,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00167096, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Bayou Gauche falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1992).
When to clean gutters in Bayou Gauche
Frost is rare in Bayou Gauche, 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 Bayou Gauche rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Bayou Gauche the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.88 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 660 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,320, 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 Bayou Gauche
Half the homes in Bayou Gauche were built by 1992, 28% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
95% of households own their home, and 87% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Louisiana
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Bayou Gauche which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Bayou Gauche
With 20.0 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: