Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Jeanerette, LA
A normal year in Jeanerette brings about 65 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 22.6 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 13.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 40,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00164674, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Jeanerette falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (19.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 13th oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1965). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 3).
When to clean gutters in Jeanerette
The first fall frost comes around December 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 15 (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 Jeanerette rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Jeanerette the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.36 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,390, 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 Jeanerette
Half the homes in Jeanerette were built by 1965, 68% 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. 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 78% 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 Louisiana
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Jeanerette which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Jeanerette
With half the homes built by 1965, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: