Shelby County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Chelsea, AL
Chelsea gets about 56 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 15.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00011225, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Chelsea ranks 78th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.9 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2007). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Chelsea
The first fall frost comes around November 8 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 Chelsea rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Chelsea the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.22 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,750, 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 Chelsea
Half the homes in Chelsea were built by 2007, 6% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
90% of households own their home, and 95% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. 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 Chelsea, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Chelsea
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: