Travis County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in West Lake Hills, TX
A normal year in West Lake Hills brings about 36 inches of rain; on roughly 11 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 10.3 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 7.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 22,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013958, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, West Lake Hills ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (11.0 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1988). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 821 places in Texas on this site (December 3).
When to clean gutters in West Lake Hills
The first fall frost comes around December 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 20 (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 West Lake Hills rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In West Lake Hills the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.62 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 750 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,500, 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 West Lake Hills
Half the homes in West Lake Hills were built by 1988, 38% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
90% of households own their home, and 86% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Texas
Before hiring in West Lake Hills, ask which Texas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in West Lake Hills
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: