Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Richwood, LA
Rain in Richwood adds up to about 57 inches in a normal year, with about 18 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.2 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.9. That is about 35,000 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
Call (866) 228-6229 free call to a gutter contractor serving RichwoodRichwood: rain and roofs
NOAA station USC00166314, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Richwood sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (17.8 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 first frost it falls 24th earliest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (November 14).
When to clean gutters in Richwood
The first fall frost comes around November 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 9 (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 Richwood rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Richwood the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.98 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 800 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,600, 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 Richwood
Half the homes in Richwood were built by 1991, 32% 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.
30% of households own their home, and 63% 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 Richwood which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Richwood
With 17.8 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: