Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Montegut, LA
A normal year in Montegut brings about 67 inches of rain; on roughly 22 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 23.7 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 14.1. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 41,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00163433, 15 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Montegut falls 15th for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (22.0 a year). Its housing ranks 3rd oldest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1959).
When to clean gutters in Montegut
Frost is rare in Montegut, 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 Montegut rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Montegut the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 660 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,320, 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 Montegut
Half the homes in Montegut were built by 1959, 69% 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. 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.
81% of households own their home, and 75% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Louisiana
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Montegut which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Montegut
With half the homes built by 1959, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: