Wilcox County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Camden, AL
A normal year in Camden brings about 50 inches of rain; on roughly 14 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 31,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
Call (866) 228-6229 free call to a gutter contractor serving CamdenCamden: rain and roofs
NOAA station USC00015420, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Camden falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (14.3 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1977). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 11).
When to clean gutters in Camden
The first fall frost comes around November 11 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 18 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Camden rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Camden the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.65 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 1,660, 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 Camden
Half the homes in Camden were built by 1977, 65% 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. 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.
75% of households own their home, and 79% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. 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 Camden which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Camden
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: