Galveston County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Friendswood, TX
Rain in Friendswood adds up to about 53 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 15.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 11.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00012975, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Friendswood ranks 218th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (14.9 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1990).
When to clean gutters in Friendswood
Frost is rare in Friendswood, 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 Friendswood rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Friendswood the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.61 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,360, 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 Friendswood
Half the homes in Friendswood were built by 1990, 31% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses, 3% 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 Friendswood, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Friendswood
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1990, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: