Calhoun County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Southside, AL
Southside gets about 58 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00013154, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Southside ranks 78th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.9 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 1985). 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 Southside
The first fall frost comes around November 13 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 19 (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 Southside rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Southside the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.28 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 Southside
Half the homes in Southside were built by 1985, 41% 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.
92% of households own their home, and 94% 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 Southside what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Southside
With half the homes built by 1985, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: