Hidalgo County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Edcouch, TX
Edcouch gets about 25 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 7 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 9.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 3.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 15,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00418059, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Edcouch sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (7.1 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1987).
When to clean gutters in Edcouch
Frost is rare in Edcouch, 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 Edcouch rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Edcouch the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.44 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 760 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,530, 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 Edcouch
Half the homes in Edcouch were built by 1987, 41% 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.
49% of households own their home, and 79% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Edcouch which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Edcouch
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1987, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: