Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Maurice, LA
Maurice gets about 65 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 21 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.9 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 14.1. That is about 40,100 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 USC00165021, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Maurice sits 68th for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.7 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 2008). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (November 28).
When to clean gutters in Maurice
The first fall frost comes around November 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 26 (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 Maurice rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Maurice the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.21 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 710 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 Maurice
Half the homes in Maurice were built by 2008, 18% 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 76% 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 Louisiana
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Maurice which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Maurice
With 20.7 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: