Brazoria County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Freeport, TX
Rain in Freeport adds up to about 50 inches in a normal year, with about 17 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 16.1 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 9.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00413340, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Freeport ranks 108th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (16.9 a year). Its housing ranks 192nd oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1973).
When to clean gutters in Freeport
Frost is rare in Freeport, 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 Freeport rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Freeport the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.28 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 700 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,400, 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 Freeport
Half the homes in Freeport were built by 1973, 61% 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.
61% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Before hiring in Freeport, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Freeport
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: