Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ossun, LA
A normal year in Ossun brings about 65 inches of rain; on roughly 20 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.9 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 14.8. 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 USC00161535, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Ossun sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (19.8 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1991). 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 Ossun
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 Ossun rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Ossun the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.25 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 1,400, 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 Ossun
Half the homes in Ossun were built by 1991, 22% 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.
80% of households own their home, and 51% 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
Ask any contractor working in Ossun what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ossun
With 19.8 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: