Morgan County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hartselle, AL
Hartselle gets about 49 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 14 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 30,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
Call (866) 228-6229 free call to a gutter contractor serving HartselleHartselle: rain and roofs
NOAA station USW00053852, 15 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Hartselle falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (13.7 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1982). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 7).
When to clean gutters in Hartselle
The first fall frost comes around November 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 26 (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 Hartselle rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Hartselle the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.30 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 870 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,730, 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 Hartselle
Half the homes in Hartselle were built by 1982, 47% 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.
77% of households own their home, and 80% 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 Hartselle which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hartselle
With half the homes built by 1982, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: