Mobile County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Citronelle, AL
Rain in Citronelle adds up to about 64 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 18.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.8. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 39,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00224966, 18 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Citronelle falls 69th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (19.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1979).
Gutter and downspout size for Citronelle rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Citronelle the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.82 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 670 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,330, 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 Citronelle
Half the homes in Citronelle were built by 1979, 52% 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.
69% of households own their home, and 84% of homes are detached houses, 1% 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 Citronelle which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Citronelle
With half the homes built by 1979, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: