Calhoun County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Piedmont, AL
Rain in Piedmont adds up to about 54 inches in a normal year, with about 15 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 33,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00014209, 12 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Piedmont falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (15.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 7th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1962). By first frost it falls 22nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 31).
When to clean gutters in Piedmont
The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 6 (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 Piedmont rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Piedmont the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.00 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,800, 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 Piedmont
Half the homes in Piedmont were built by 1962, 77% 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. 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.
62% of households own their home, and 81% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Alabama
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Piedmont which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Piedmont
With half the homes built by 1962, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: