Jefferson County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Clay, AL
Clay gets about 59 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 spring (March to May), with about 15.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 36,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00016246, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Clay falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1994). The first frost here ranks 35th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Clay
The first fall frost comes around November 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Clay rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Clay 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 Clay
Half the homes in Clay were built by 1994, 27% 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.
94% of households own their home, and 88% of homes are detached houses, 6% 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 Clay, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Clay
With 18.1 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: