Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Rayne, LA
A normal year in Rayne brings about 64 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 18.7 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 14.7. That is about 39,400 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 USC00162212, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Rayne sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (19.6 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1976). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 4).
When to clean gutters in Rayne
The first fall frost comes around December 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 20 (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 Rayne rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Rayne the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.27 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 Rayne
Half the homes in Rayne were built by 1976, 58% 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.
52% of households own their home, and 74% of homes are detached houses, 1% 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 Rayne which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Rayne
With half the homes built by 1976, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: