Montgomery County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Splendora, TX
A normal year in Splendora brings about 53 inches of rain; on roughly 15 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 15.7 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 32,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00416280, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Splendora ranks 193rd for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (15.4 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1996). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 20).
When to clean gutters in Splendora
The first fall frost comes around November 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 Splendora rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Splendora the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.21 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 710 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,410, 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 Splendora
Half the homes in Splendora were built by 1996, 19% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
67% of households own their home, and 45% of homes are detached houses, 10% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Before hiring in Splendora, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Splendora
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1996, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: