Fort Bend County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Pecan Grove, TX
Rain in Pecan Grove adds up to about 51 inches in a normal year, with about 16 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 14.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00417594, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Pecan Grove ranks 178th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (15.5 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1995). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 13).
When to clean gutters in Pecan Grove
The first fall frost comes around December 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 9 (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 Pecan Grove rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Pecan Grove the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.91 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 Pecan Grove
Half the homes in Pecan Grove were built by 1995, 3% 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.
92% of households own their home, and 96% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Before hiring in Pecan Grove, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Pecan Grove
With 15.5 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: