Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Metairie, LA
Rain in Metairie adds up to about 68 inches in a normal year, with about 24 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 24.1 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 14.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 42,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00166157, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Metairie ranks 1st for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (24.1 a year). Its housing ranks 50th oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1972).
When to clean gutters in Metairie
Frost is rare in Metairie, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Metairie rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Metairie the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.36 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,390, 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 Metairie
Half the homes in Metairie were built by 1972, 70% 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.
62% of households own their home, and 61% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Louisiana
Before hiring in Metairie, ask which Louisiana license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Metairie
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: