Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lake Arthur, LA
A normal year in Lake Arthur brings about 60 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.2 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 12.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 37,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00165065, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Lake Arthur ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (18.3 a year). Its housing ranks 23rd oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1968). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 11).
When to clean gutters in Lake Arthur
The first fall frost comes around December 11 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 Lake Arthur rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Lake Arthur the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.50 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 1,370, 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 Lake Arthur
Half the homes in Lake Arthur were built by 1968, 61% 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.
73% of households own their home, and 73% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Louisiana
Ask any contractor working in Lake Arthur what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lake Arthur
With half the homes built by 1968, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: