Mobile County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Theodore, AL
A normal year in Theodore brings about 61 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.5 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 37,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013838, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Theodore ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.1 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1988). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (December 6).
When to clean gutters in Theodore
The first fall frost comes around December 6 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 21 (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 Theodore rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Theodore the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 11.53 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 620 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,250, 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 Theodore
Half the homes in Theodore were built by 1988, 34% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too.
86% of households own their home, and 83% 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 Theodore, ask which Alabama license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Theodore
With 18.1 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: