Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Sulphur, LA
A normal year in Sulphur brings about 64 inches of rain; on roughly 21 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.8 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 13.6. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 39,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00168831, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Sulphur falls 37th for heavy-rain days of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (21.4 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 269 places in Louisiana on this site (half built by 1977). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 222 places in Louisiana on this site (December 7).
When to clean gutters in Sulphur
The first fall frost comes around December 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 14 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Sulphur rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Sulphur the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.62 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,360, 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 Sulphur
Half the homes in Sulphur were built by 1977, 55% 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.
73% of households own their home, and 68% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Louisiana
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Sulphur which license or registration they hold in Louisiana, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Sulphur
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: