Gillespie County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Harper, TX
A normal year in Harper brings about 28 inches of rain; on roughly 9 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 8.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 17,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00413954, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Harper ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (8.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1990). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Harper
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 15 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Harper rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Harper the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.71 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 830 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,650, 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 Harper
Half the homes in Harper were built by 1990, 33% 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.
69% of households own their home, and 86% of homes are detached houses. 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 Harper, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Harper
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: