Elmore County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Eclectic, AL
Eclectic gets about 53 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00018859, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Eclectic ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (17.1 a year). Its housing ranks 51st oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1972). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Eclectic
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 25 (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 Eclectic rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Eclectic the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Eclectic
Half the homes in Eclectic were built by 1972, 61% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
66% of households own their home, and 81% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Eclectic what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Eclectic
With half the homes built by 1972, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: