Blount County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Smoke Rise, AL
A normal year in Smoke Rise brings about 59 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 17.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.1. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00013655, 13 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Smoke Rise ranks 62nd for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (19.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1977). The first frost here ranks 8th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 29).
When to clean gutters in Smoke Rise
The first fall frost comes around October 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 6 (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 Smoke Rise rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Smoke Rise the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.05 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,790, 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 Smoke Rise
Half the homes in Smoke Rise were built by 1977, 74% 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.
97% of households own their home, and 98% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Alabama
Before hiring in Smoke Rise, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Smoke Rise
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: