Angelina County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lufkin, TX
Lufkin gets about 51 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.1 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 10.3. That is about 31,500 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00415427, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lufkin sits 113th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (16.8 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1980). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Lufkin
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 11 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Lufkin rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lufkin the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.55 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 750 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,510, 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 Lufkin
Half the homes in Lufkin were built by 1980, 49% 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.
52% of households own their home, and 67% of homes are detached houses, 1% 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 Lufkin which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lufkin
With half the homes built by 1980, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: