Harris County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in South Houston, TX
Rain in South Houston adds up to about 56 inches in a normal year, with about 17 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 16.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 11.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 34,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00012918, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, South Houston falls 97th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (17.0 a year). Its housing ranks 114th oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1969).
When to clean gutters in South Houston
Frost is rare in South Houston, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for South Houston rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In South Houston the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.37 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,390, 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 South Houston
Half the homes in South Houston were built by 1969, 68% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
54% of households own their home, and 69% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. 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 South Houston which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in South Houston
With half the homes built by 1969, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: