Harris County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in The Woodlands, TX
Rain in The Woodlands adds up to about 51 inches in a normal year, with about 14 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is fall (September to November), with about 14.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.0. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00053910, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is fall (September to November).
For days with an inch of rain or more, The Woodlands ranks 239th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (14.4 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 2000). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 3).
When to clean gutters in The Woodlands
The first fall frost comes around December 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 19 (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 The Woodlands rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In The Woodlands the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.90 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 730 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,450, 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 Woodlands
Half the homes in The Woodlands were built by 2000, 7% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
72% of households own their home, and 74% of homes are detached houses, 5% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in The Woodlands what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in The Woodlands
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: