Dallas County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Selmont-West Selmont, AL
Selmont-West Selmont gets about 55 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 18 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.5. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00017366, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Selmont-West Selmont ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (17.6 a year). Its housing ranks 68th oldest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1974). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 18).
When to clean gutters in Selmont-West Selmont
The first fall frost comes around November 18 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 8 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Selmont-West Selmont rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Selmont-West Selmont the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.22 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 1,750, 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 Selmont-West Selmont
Half the homes in Selmont-West Selmont were built by 1974, 63% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
87% of households own their home, and 52% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Alabama
Ask any contractor working in Selmont-West Selmont what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Selmont-West Selmont
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: