Calhoun County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Alexandria, AL
Rain in Alexandria adds up to about 54 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.4. That is about 33,300 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 USC00014209, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Alexandria ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (15.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1988). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in Alexandria
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 23 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Alexandria rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Alexandria the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.05 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,790, 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 Alexandria
Half the homes in Alexandria were built by 1988, 23% 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.
91% of households own their home, and 90% 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 Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Alexandria what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Alexandria
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: