Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fifth Ward, LA
Fifth Ward gets about 59 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 12.3. That is about 36,600 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 USC00165920, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Fifth Ward sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (18.8 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1991). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (November 24).
When to clean gutters in Fifth Ward
The first fall frost comes around November 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 28 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Fifth Ward rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Fifth Ward the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.40 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,380, 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 Fifth Ward
Half the homes in Fifth Ward were built by 1991, 42% 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.
60% of households own their home, and 57% 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
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Fifth Ward which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Fifth Ward
With 18.8 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: