Hansford County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Spearman, TX
A normal year in Spearman brings about 21 inches of rain; on roughly 5 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 8.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.0. That is about 12,800 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 USC00413787, 13 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Spearman sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (5.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 170th oldest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1972). By first frost it falls 51st earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Spearman
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 8 (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 Spearman rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Spearman the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.28 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 990 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,980, 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 Spearman
Half the homes in Spearman were built by 1972, 74% 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.
74% of households own their home, and 89% 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 Spearman which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Spearman
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: