Lubbock County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ransom Canyon, TX
Rain in Ransom Canyon adds up to about 18 inches in a normal year, with about 4 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 6.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 11,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00417433, 0 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Ransom Canyon ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (3.9 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 1987). The first frost here ranks 162nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 11).
When to clean gutters in Ransom Canyon
The first fall frost comes around November 11 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (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 Ransom Canyon rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Ransom Canyon the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.96 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,810, 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 Ransom Canyon
Half the homes in Ransom Canyon were built by 1987, 35% 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.
98% of households own their home, and 99% 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
Ask any contractor working in Ransom Canyon what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ransom Canyon
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1987, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: