St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Boutte, LA
A normal year in Boutte 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. That is about 40,900 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 USC00167096, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Boutte sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.0 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1995).
When to clean gutters in Boutte
Frost is rare in Boutte, 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 Boutte rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Boutte the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.67 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,350, 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 Boutte
Half the homes in Boutte were built by 1995, 19% 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.
71% of households own their home, and 69% 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 Louisiana
Ask any contractor working in Boutte what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Boutte
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: