Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Gray, LA
Rain in Gray adds up to about 65 inches in a normal year, with about 22 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 24.0 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 12.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00164407, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Gray ranks 22nd for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (21.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1987).
When to clean gutters in Gray
Frost is rare in Gray, 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 Gray rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Gray the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.75 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 1,340, 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 Gray
Half the homes in Gray were built by 1987, 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.
86% of households own their home, and 68% 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 Gray what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Gray
With 21.8 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: