Etowah County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ballplay, AL
Rain in Ballplay adds up to about 58 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00013154, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Ballplay ranks 78th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1994). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 13).
When to clean gutters in Ballplay
The first fall frost comes around November 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 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 Ballplay rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Ballplay the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Ballplay
Half the homes in Ballplay were built by 1994, 24% 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.
95% of households own their home, and 51% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Alabama
Before hiring in Ballplay, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ballplay
With 18.9 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: