San Jacinto County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Coldspring, TX
Coldspring gets about 52 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 16 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 12.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 32,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00411870, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Coldspring ranks 140th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (16.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1986). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 20).
When to clean gutters in Coldspring
The first fall frost comes around November 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 Coldspring rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Coldspring the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.91 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 Coldspring
Half the homes in Coldspring were built by 1986, 46% 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.
55% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in Coldspring what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Coldspring
With 16.1 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: