Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Chauvin, LA
A normal year in Chauvin brings about 67 inches of rain; on roughly 22 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 23.7 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 14.1. That is about 41,300 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 USC00163433, 17 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Chauvin sits 15th for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (22.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 23rd oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1968).
When to clean gutters in Chauvin
Frost is rare in Chauvin, 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 Chauvin rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Chauvin the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.91 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 Chauvin
Half the homes in Chauvin were built by 1968, 77% 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.
73% of households own their home, and 86% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. 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 Chauvin what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Chauvin
With half the homes built by 1968, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: