Burleson County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Somerville, TX
Rain in Somerville adds up to about 41 inches in a normal year, with about 13 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 11.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 8.6. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 25,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00418446, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Somerville sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (13.3 a year). By house age it falls 192nd oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1973). By first frost it falls 117th earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in Somerville
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 18 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Somerville rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Somerville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.94 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 810 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,610, 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 Somerville
Half the homes in Somerville were built by 1973, 66% 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.
83% of households own their home, and 84% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Texas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Somerville which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Somerville
With half the homes built by 1973, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: