Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Houma, LA
A normal year in Houma brings about 65 inches of rain; on roughly 22 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 24.0 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 12.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 40,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00164407, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Houma ranks 22nd for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (21.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 56th oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1973).
When to clean gutters in Houma
Frost is rare in Houma, 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 Houma rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Houma the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 660 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,320, 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 Houma
Half the homes in Houma were built by 1973, 63% 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.
69% of households own their home, and 83% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Louisiana
Ask any contractor working in Houma what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Houma
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: