Blount County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hayden, AL
A normal year in Hayden brings about 59 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 15.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,300 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00016246, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Hayden ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.1 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 1986). By its first fall frost it sits 8th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Hayden
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 6 (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 Hayden rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Hayden 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 Hayden
Half the homes in Hayden were built by 1986, 42% 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.
94% of households own their home, and 81% 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 Hayden what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Hayden
With 18.1 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: