Franklin County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Red Bay, AL
Red Bay gets about 58 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 20 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 36,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00220656, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Red Bay sits 60th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (19.6 a year). By house age it falls 68th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1974). 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 Red Bay
The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 1 (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 Red Bay rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Red Bay the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.15 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 1,770, 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 Red Bay
Half the homes in Red Bay were built by 1974, 63% 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 72% of homes are detached houses. 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 Red Bay which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Red Bay
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: