Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lockport, LA
A normal year in Lockport brings about 66 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 21.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 40,900 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00167096, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Lockport falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.0 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 among the latest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 14).
When to clean gutters in Lockport
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). 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 Lockport rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lockport the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.79 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,330, 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 Lockport
Half the homes in Lockport were built by 1965, 78% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
76% of households own their home, and 81% 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 Lockport which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lockport
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: