Harris County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Spring, TX
A normal year in Spring brings about 52 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 14.6 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.8. That is about 32,100 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
Call (866) 228-6229 free call to a gutter contractor serving SpringSpring: rain and roofs
NOAA station USW00012960, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Spring sits 178th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (15.5 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1991). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 9).
When to clean gutters in Spring
The first fall frost comes around December 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 13 (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 Spring rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Spring the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.07 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 1,430, 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 Spring
Half the homes in Spring were built by 1991, 31% 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.
75% of households own their home, and 86% 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 Spring which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Spring
With 15.5 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: