Baldwin County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Bon Secour, AL
Bon Secour gets about 69 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 22 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 23.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 15.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 42,800 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00016988, 17 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Bon Secour sits 14th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (21.9 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2001). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 23).
When to clean gutters in Bon Secour
The first fall frost comes around November 23 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 5 (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 Bon Secour rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Bon Secour the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.17 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 640 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,290, 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 Bon Secour
Half the homes in Bon Secour were built by 2001, 32% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
66% of households own their home, and 64% of homes are detached houses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Alabama
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Bon Secour which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Bon Secour
With 21.9 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: