Morgan County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Priceville, AL
A normal year in Priceville brings about 49 inches of rain; on roughly 14 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 10.4. That is about 30,700 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 USW00053852, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Priceville sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (13.7 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2004). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 7).
When to clean gutters in Priceville
The first fall frost comes around November 7 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 Priceville rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Priceville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.26 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 Priceville
Half the homes in Priceville were built by 2004, 17% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
91% of households own their home, and 90% of homes are detached houses, 8% 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 Priceville which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Priceville
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 2004, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: