Shelby County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tenaha, TX
Tenaha gets about 56 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 18 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.6 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 12.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 35,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00411578, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Tenaha falls 65th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (18.3 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1983). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Tenaha
The first fall frost comes around November 15 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 13 (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 Tenaha rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Tenaha the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.95 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 800 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,610, 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 Tenaha
Half the homes in Tenaha were built by 1983, 45% 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.
47% of households own their home, and 34% of homes are detached houses. 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 Tenaha which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Tenaha
With half the homes built by 1983, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: