Erath County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hico, TX
A normal year in Hico brings about 36 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 10.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.3. That is about 22,400 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00414137, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Hico ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (10.8 a year). By house age it falls 99th oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1968). By its first fall frost it sits 77th earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 7).
When to clean gutters in Hico
The first fall frost comes around November 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Hico rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Hico the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.40 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 860 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,710, 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 Hico
Half the homes in Hico were built by 1968, 77% 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.
73% of households own their home, and 84% of homes are detached houses. 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 Hico what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hico
With half the homes built by 1968, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: