Denton County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in The Colony, TX
A normal year in The Colony brings about 36 inches of rain; on roughly 12 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 11.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 22,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00415192, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, The Colony falls near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (12.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 2000). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 21).
When to clean gutters in The Colony
The first fall frost comes around November 21 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 The Colony rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In The Colony the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.28 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,740, 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 The Colony
Half the homes in The Colony were built by 2000, 22% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
62% of households own their home, and 69% of homes are detached houses, 5% 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 The Colony which license or registration they hold in Texas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in The Colony
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2000, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: