Fort Bend County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Houston, TX
Houston gets about 60 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 20 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 16.9 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 12.4. That is about 37,500 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 USC00414321, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Houston sits 16th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (19.6 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1981).
When to clean gutters in Houston
Frost is rare in Houston, 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 Houston rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Houston the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.12 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 710 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,420, 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 Houston
Half the homes in Houston were built by 1981, 48% 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.
42% of households own their home, and 43% 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 Houston what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Houston
With half the homes built by 1981, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: