St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in St. Rose, LA
Rain in St. Rose adds up to about 63 inches in a normal year, with about 20 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 21.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 39,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00012916, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, St. Rose ranks near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (20.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1988).
When to clean gutters in St. Rose
Frost is rare in St. Rose, 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 St. Rose rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In St. Rose the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.36 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). 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 St. Rose
Half the homes in St. Rose were built by 1988, 31% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit.
78% of households own their home, and 65% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Louisiana
Before hiring in St. Rose, ask which Louisiana license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in St. Rose
With 20.1 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: