Baldwin County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fairhope, AL
Fairhope gets about 69 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 22 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 23.0 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 15.3. That is about 43,000 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 USC00012813, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Fairhope sits 21st for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (21.5 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1997). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 17).
When to clean gutters in Fairhope
The first fall frost comes around November 17 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 10 (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 Fairhope rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Fairhope the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.15 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 650 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,290, 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 Fairhope
Half the homes in Fairhope were built by 1997, 25% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
82% of households own their home, and 85% of homes are detached houses, 2% 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 Fairhope which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Fairhope
With 21.5 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: