St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Breaux Bridge, LA
Rain in Breaux Bridge adds up to about 63 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.6 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 14.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 38,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013976, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Breaux Bridge ranks near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (19.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1982). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 4).
When to clean gutters in Breaux Bridge
The first fall frost comes around December 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 13 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Breaux Bridge rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Breaux Bridge the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.12 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 710 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,420, 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 Breaux Bridge
Half the homes in Breaux Bridge were built by 1982, 47% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
75% of households own their home, and 78% 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 Breaux Bridge what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Breaux Bridge
With half the homes built by 1982, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: