Jefferson County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Nederland, TX
Nederland gets about 62 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 20.4 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 12.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 38,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00012917, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Nederland ranks 61st for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (18.5 a year). Its housing ranks 192nd oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1973). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 7).
When to clean gutters in Nederland
The first fall frost comes around December 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 14 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Nederland rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Nederland the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.50 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,370, 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 Nederland
Half the homes in Nederland were built by 1973, 62% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
73% of households own their home, and 81% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in Nederland what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Nederland
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: