Jefferson County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Gardendale, AL
Rain in Gardendale adds up to about 57 inches in a normal year, with about 17 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00016478, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Gardendale ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (16.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1990). By its first fall frost it sits 35th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Gardendale
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). 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 Gardendale rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Gardendale the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.06 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,790, 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 Gardendale
Half the homes in Gardendale were built by 1990, 39% 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.
81% of households own their home, and 84% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Gardendale what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Gardendale
With 16.9 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: