Marion County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hamilton, AL
Hamilton gets about 62 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 38,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00013645, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Hamilton falls 75th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (19.1 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1977). By first frost it falls 1st earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 27).
When to clean gutters in Hamilton
The first fall frost comes around October 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 11 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Hamilton rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hamilton the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.04 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 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 Hamilton
Half the homes in Hamilton were built by 1977, 57% 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. 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.
64% of households own their home, and 59% of homes are detached houses. 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 Hamilton which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hamilton
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: