Fayette County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Flatonia, TX
A normal year in Flatonia brings about 38 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 11.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.6. That is about 23,500 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 USC00413183, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Flatonia sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (11.3 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 1984). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 27).
When to clean gutters in Flatonia
The first fall frost comes around November 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 2 (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 Flatonia rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Flatonia the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.38 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 770 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,540, 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 Flatonia
Half the homes in Flatonia were built by 1984, 41% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 64% 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 Texas
Ask any contractor working in Flatonia what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Flatonia
With half the homes built by 1984, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: