Harris County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Highlands, TX
A normal year in Highlands brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 12.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 35,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00414315, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Highlands falls 31st for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (19.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1978). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 4).
When to clean gutters in Highlands
The first fall frost comes around December 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 20 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Highlands rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Highlands the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.54 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 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 Highlands
Half the homes in Highlands were built by 1978, 53% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
76% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Highlands which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Highlands
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: