Choctaw County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Butler, AL
Butler gets about 59 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.8. That is about 36,700 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 USC00222034, 19 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Butler sits 69th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (19.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 37th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1970).
Gutter and downspout size for Butler rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Butler the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.64 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 830 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,670, 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 Butler
Half the homes in Butler were built by 1970, 71% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. 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.
62% of households own their home, and 77% 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 Butler which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Butler
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: