Calhoun County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ohatchee, AL
A normal year in Ohatchee brings about 54 inches of rain; on roughly 15 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.4. That is about 33,300 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 USC00014209, 14 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Ohatchee sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (15.2 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1988). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Ohatchee
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 26 (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 Ohatchee rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Ohatchee the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.17 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 1,760, 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 Ohatchee
Half the homes in Ohatchee were built by 1988, 35% 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.
87% of households own their home, and 67% 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
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Ohatchee which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ohatchee
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: