Mobile County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Chickasaw, AL
Chickasaw gets about 61 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 18 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.4. That is about 37,500 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 USW00013838, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Chickasaw sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.1 a year). Its housing ranks 10th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1963). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (December 6).
When to clean gutters in Chickasaw
The first fall frost comes around December 6 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 21 (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 Chickasaw rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Chickasaw the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.21 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 1,280, 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 Chickasaw
Half the homes in Chickasaw were built by 1963, 90% 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.
50% of households own their home, and 77% of homes are detached houses, 3% 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 Chickasaw which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Chickasaw
With half the homes built by 1963, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: