St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Franklin, LA
A normal year in Franklin brings about 65 inches of rain; on roughly 21 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 23.3 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 13.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00163313, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Franklin ranks 41st for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (21.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 6th oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1962). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 8).
When to clean gutters in Franklin
The first fall frost comes around December 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 11 (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 Franklin rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Franklin the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.68 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,350, 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 Franklin
Half the homes in Franklin were built by 1962, 83% 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.
58% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Louisiana
Ask any contractor working in Franklin what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Franklin
With half the homes built by 1962, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: