Shelby County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Timpson, TX
Timpson 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. That is about 35,000 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00411578, 15 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Timpson ranks 65th for heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (18.3 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 1976). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 15).
When to clean gutters in Timpson
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). 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 Timpson rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Timpson the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.96 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 Timpson
Half the homes in Timpson were built by 1976, 58% 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.
48% of households own their home, and 50% of homes are detached houses. 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 Timpson what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Timpson
With half the homes built by 1976, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: