Shelby County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Highland Lakes, AL
Rain in Highland Lakes adds up to about 56 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.1. That is about 34,700 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 USC00011225, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Highland Lakes sits 78th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.9 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2005). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 11).
When to clean gutters in Highland Lakes
The first fall frost comes around November 11 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 21 (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 Highland Lakes rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Highland Lakes the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.21 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,750, 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 Highland Lakes
Half the homes in Highland Lakes were built by 2005, 8% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that young, many houses still have the gutters the builder put up, and the usual call is a cleaning, a leak or guards rather than a full replacement.
99% of households own their home, and 99% 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 Highland Lakes what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Highland Lakes
With 18.9 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: