Hardin County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lumberton, TX
Rain in Lumberton adds up to about 63 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 18.2 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 13.2. That is about 39,200 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 USC00415435, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lumberton sits 40th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (19.1 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1998). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 30).
When to clean gutters in Lumberton
The first fall frost comes around November 30 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 25 (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 Lumberton rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lumberton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.97 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 720 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,440, 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 Lumberton
Half the homes in Lumberton were built by 1998, 27% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
87% of households own their home, and 81% 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 Texas
Ask any contractor working in Lumberton what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Lumberton
With 19.1 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: