Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Jean Lafitte, LA
A normal year in Jean Lafitte brings about 64 inches of rain; on roughly 20 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 21.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 13.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 39,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00012958, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Jean Lafitte falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1992). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 12).
When to clean gutters in Jean Lafitte
The first fall frost comes around December 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 10 (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 Jean Lafitte rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Jean Lafitte the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.66 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,350, 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 Jean Lafitte
Half the homes in Jean Lafitte were built by 1992, 21% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
81% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Louisiana
Before hiring in Jean Lafitte, ask which Louisiana license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Jean Lafitte
With 20.0 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: