Colbert County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cherokee, AL
A normal year in Cherokee brings about 62 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 13.6. That is about 38,600 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 USC00224455, 13 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Cherokee sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (17.6 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 20th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1966). By its first fall frost it sits 4th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 28).
When to clean gutters in Cherokee
The first fall frost comes around October 28 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 9 (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 Cherokee rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Cherokee the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.14 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 1,770, 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 Cherokee
Half the homes in Cherokee were built by 1966, 79% 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.
74% of households own their home, and 91% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Alabama
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Cherokee which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Cherokee
With half the homes built by 1966, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: