Autauga County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Prattville, AL
Prattville gets about 51 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 14.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.4. That is about 31,700 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 USW00013895, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Prattville sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (16.5 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1994). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 13).
When to clean gutters in Prattville
The first fall frost comes around November 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 13 (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 Prattville rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Prattville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.44 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 850 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,710, 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 Prattville
Half the homes in Prattville were built by 1994, 34% 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.
65% of households own their home, and 77% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. 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 Prattville which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Prattville
With 16.5 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: