Fayette County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in La Grange, TX
A normal year in La Grange brings about 40 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 11.6 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 8.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 24,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00414903, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, La Grange ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (12.4 a year). Its housing ranks 192nd oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1973). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 25).
When to clean gutters in La Grange
The first fall frost comes around November 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 4 (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 La Grange rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In La Grange the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.18 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 780 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,570, 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 La Grange
Half the homes in La Grange were built by 1973, 67% 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.
62% of households own their home, and 71% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in La Grange what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in La Grange
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: