Clarke County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Grove Hill, AL
A normal year in Grove Hill brings about 61 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 38,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00018867, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Grove Hill ranks 69th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (19.2 a year). By house age it falls 79th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1975). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Grove Hill
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 22 (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 Grove Hill rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Grove Hill the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.74 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 740 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,480, 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 Grove Hill
Half the homes in Grove Hill were built by 1975, 58% 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.
72% of households own their home, and 80% of homes are detached houses. 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 Grove Hill what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Grove Hill
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: