Marion County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hackleburg, AL
Hackleburg gets about 66 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 23 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 18.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 14.1. That is about 41,000 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 USC00013620, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Hackleburg sits 1st for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (23.0 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1993). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in Hackleburg
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 29 (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 Hackleburg rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hackleburg the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.12 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 1,770, 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 Hackleburg
Half the homes in Hackleburg were built by 1993, 39% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look.
71% of households own their home, and 52% of homes are detached houses, 1% 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 Hackleburg which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hackleburg
With 23.0 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: