Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tuscaloosa, AL
A normal year in Tuscaloosa brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.0 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.9. That is about 35,500 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 USW00073801, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Tuscaloosa sits near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (18.7 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1988). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 10).
When to clean gutters in Tuscaloosa
The first fall frost comes around November 10 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 18 (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 Tuscaloosa rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Tuscaloosa the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.20 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 Tuscaloosa
Half the homes in Tuscaloosa were built by 1988, 41% 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. 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.
45% of households own their home, and 50% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. 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 Tuscaloosa what Alabama requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Tuscaloosa
With 18.7 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: