Erath County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Stephenville, TX
A normal year in Stephenville brings about 34 inches of rain; on roughly 10 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 10.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 6.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 21,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00003969, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Stephenville ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (10.0 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1982). The first frost here ranks 99th earliest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Stephenville
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 29 (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 Stephenville rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Stephenville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.33 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 860 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Stephenville
Half the homes in Stephenville were built by 1982, 46% 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. 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.
46% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in Stephenville what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Stephenville
With half the homes built by 1982, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: