Etowah County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tidmore Bend, AL
Rain in Tidmore Bend adds up to about 58 inches in a normal year, with about 19 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 35,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00013154, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Tidmore Bend falls 78th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.9 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1986). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 13).
When to clean gutters in Tidmore Bend
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). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Tidmore Bend rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Tidmore Bend the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.41 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 860 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,710, 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 Tidmore Bend
Half the homes in Tidmore Bend were built by 1986, 36% 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.
82% of households own their home, and 84% 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 Tidmore Bend which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Tidmore Bend
With 18.9 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: