Hunt County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Commerce, TX
A normal year in Commerce brings about 45 inches of rain; on roughly 15 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 13.4 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 9.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00411921, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Commerce ranks 234th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (14.7 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 240th oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1975). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 16).
When to clean gutters in Commerce
The first fall frost comes around November 16 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 18 (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 Commerce rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Commerce the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.34 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 860 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Commerce
Half the homes in Commerce were built by 1975, 61% 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.
40% of households own their home, and 49% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Before hiring in Commerce, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Commerce
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: