Reagan County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Big Lake, TX
Rain in Big Lake adds up to about 18 inches in a normal year, with about 5 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 5.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.7. That is about 11,300 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 USC00410779, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Big Lake sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (4.9 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1981). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 14).
When to clean gutters in Big Lake
The first fall frost comes around November 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 20 (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 Big Lake rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Big Lake the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.46 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 970 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,930, 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 Big Lake
Half the homes in Big Lake were built by 1981, 46% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 72% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in Big Lake what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Big Lake
With half the homes built by 1981, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: