Washington Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Franklinton, LA
A normal year in Franklinton brings about 69 inches of rain; on roughly 23 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 21.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 42,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00163331, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Franklinton falls 8th for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (22.5 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1974). By first frost it falls 36th earliest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (November 16).
When to clean gutters in Franklinton
The first fall frost comes around November 16 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 15 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Franklinton rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Franklinton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.15 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 710 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,420, 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 Franklinton
Half the homes in Franklinton were built by 1974, 69% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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 70% of homes are detached houses, 7% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Louisiana
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Franklinton which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Franklinton
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: