Madison County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Triana, AL
Rain in Triana adds up to about 54 inches in a normal year, with about 16 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.0 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.3. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 33,700 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00003856, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Triana falls among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (15.5 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2012). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Triana
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (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 Triana rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Triana 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 Triana
Half the homes in Triana were built by 2012, 18% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Most houses here are young enough to have their first gutters, so cleanings, guards and small leaks come up more than replacements.
85% of households own their home, and 93% 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 Triana which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Triana
With 15.5 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: