Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Blanchard, LA
Blanchard gets about 51 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.1 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 10.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 31,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00166364, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Blanchard falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (16.9 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 1996). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (November 19).
When to clean gutters in Blanchard
The first fall frost comes around November 19 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 6 (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 Blanchard rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Blanchard the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.48 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 850 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,700, 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 Blanchard
Half the homes in Blanchard were built by 1996, 26% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
80% of households own their home, and 82% 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 Blanchard which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Blanchard
With 16.9 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: