Travis County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Shady Hollow, TX
Rain in Shady Hollow adds up to about 36 inches in a normal year, with about 11 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 10.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.5. That is about 22,100 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 USC00412585, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Shady Hollow sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (10.6 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1987). By its first fall frost it sits 198th earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 13).
When to clean gutters in Shady Hollow
The first fall frost comes around November 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 17 (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 Shady Hollow rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Shady Hollow the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.72 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 740 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,480, 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 Shady Hollow
Half the homes in Shady Hollow were built by 1987, 16% 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.
94% of households own their home, and 100% 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 Texas
Ask any contractor working in Shady Hollow what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Shady Hollow
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: