Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Gretna, LA
Gretna gets about 64 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 21 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. 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 39,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00163829, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Gretna falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 16th oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1966).
When to clean gutters in Gretna
Frost is rare in Gretna, 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 Gretna rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Gretna the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.51 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,370, 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 Gretna
Half the homes in Gretna were built by 1966, 74% 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 56% 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 Gretna which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Gretna
With half the homes built by 1966, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: