Guadalupe County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Marion, TX
Marion gets about 34 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 10 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 9.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 20,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00416276, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
By heavy-rain days, Marion falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (9.9 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1990). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 18).
When to clean gutters in Marion
The first fall frost comes around November 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 8 (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 Marion rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Marion the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.18 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 780 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,570, 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 Marion
Half the homes in Marion were built by 1990, 38% 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.
68% of households own their home, and 71% 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 Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Marion which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Marion
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1990, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: