Jefferson County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Trussville, AL
Rain in Trussville adds up to about 57 inches in a normal year, with about 17 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.9. That is about 35,400 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USC00016478, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Trussville sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (16.9 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1999). By first frost it falls 35th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Trussville
The first fall frost comes around November 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Trussville rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Trussville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.16 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 1,760, 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 Trussville
Half the homes in Trussville were built by 1999, 20% 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.
91% of households own their home, and 96% 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 Trussville which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Trussville
With 16.9 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: