East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Slaughter, LA
Slaughter gets about 64 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 20 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.6. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 39,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00169930, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Slaughter ranks near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (19.7 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1990). By its first fall frost it sits 43rd earliest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (November 17).
When to clean gutters in Slaughter
The first fall frost comes around November 17 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 13 (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 Slaughter rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Slaughter the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.92 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 Slaughter
Half the homes in Slaughter were built by 1990, 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.
83% of households own their home, and 89% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Louisiana
Ask any contractor working in Slaughter what Louisiana requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Slaughter
With 19.7 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: