Matagorda County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Markham, TX
Markham gets about 49 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 15 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 30,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00410569, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Markham falls 218th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (14.9 a year). By house age it falls 149th oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1971). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 3).
When to clean gutters in Markham
The first fall frost comes around December 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 20 (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 Markham rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Markham the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.22 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 700 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,410, 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 Markham
Half the homes in Markham were built by 1971, 60% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
89% of households own their home, and 76% 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
Before hiring in Markham, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Markham
With half the homes built by 1971, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: