Lubbock County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Slaton, TX
Slaton gets about 20 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 5 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 6.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.4. That is about 12,400 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 USC00418373, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Slaton sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (5.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 51st oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1963). By first frost it falls 162nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 11).
When to clean gutters in Slaton
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). 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 Slaton rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Slaton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.06 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,790, 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 Slaton
Half the homes in Slaton were built by 1963, 82% 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.
72% of households own their home, and 79% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Slaton which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Slaton
With half the homes built by 1963, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: