Blount County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Locust Fork, AL
A normal year in Locust Fork 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. That is about 36,300 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 USC00016246, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Locust Fork sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.1 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 1995). By its first fall frost it sits 35th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Locust Fork
The first fall frost comes around November 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Locust Fork rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Locust Fork 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 Locust Fork
Half the homes in Locust Fork were built by 1995, 26% 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.
80% of households own their home, and 69% 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 Locust Fork what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Locust Fork
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: