Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in New Orleans, LA
Rain in New Orleans adds up to about 60 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 18.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.9. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 37,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00053917, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, New Orleans falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (19.4 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 New Orleans
Frost is rare in New Orleans, 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 New Orleans rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In New Orleans the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.34 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 700 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,390, 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 New Orleans
Half the homes in New Orleans were built by 1959, 75% 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.
51% of households own their home, and 46% of homes are detached houses, 10% 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 New Orleans which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in New Orleans
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: