Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lafourche Crossing, LA
A normal year in Lafourche Crossing brings about 71 inches of rain; on roughly 22 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 25.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 14.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 44,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00169013, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Lafourche Crossing ranks 9th for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (22.2 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1993). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 14).
When to clean gutters in Lafourche Crossing
The first fall frost comes around December 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 5 (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 Lafourche Crossing rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Lafourche Crossing the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.62 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 1,360, 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 Lafourche Crossing
Half the homes in Lafourche Crossing were built by 1993, 20% 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.
81% of households own their home, and 91% 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 Louisiana
Ask any contractor working in Lafourche Crossing what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lafourche Crossing
With 22.2 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: