Navarro County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Kerens, TX
A normal year in Kerens brings about 42 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 11.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 8.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 26,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00412020, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Kerens falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (12.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 131st oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1970). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Kerens
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 Kerens rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Kerens the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 810 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,610, 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 Kerens
Half the homes in Kerens were built by 1970, 70% 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.
52% of households own their home, and 69% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. 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 Kerens which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Kerens
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: