Waller County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hempstead, TX
Rain in Hempstead adds up to about 44 inches in a normal year, with about 13 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 12.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00410655, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Hempstead ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (12.9 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 1988). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 2).
When to clean gutters in Hempstead
The first fall frost comes around December 2 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 28 (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 Hempstead rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Hempstead the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.23 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 780 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,560, 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 Hempstead
Half the homes in Hempstead were built by 1988, 25% 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.
33% of households own their home, and 39% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in Hempstead what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hempstead
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: