Shelby County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Pelham, AL
Pelham gets about 56 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 34,500 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00013781, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Pelham falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (17.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2000). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Pelham
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 19 (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 Pelham rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Pelham the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.29 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 1,740, 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 Pelham
Half the homes in Pelham were built by 2000, 15% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
83% of households own their home, and 76% of homes are detached houses, 14% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Alabama
Before hiring in Pelham, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Pelham
With 17.1 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: