Perry County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Uniontown, AL
A normal year in Uniontown brings about 55 inches of rain; on roughly 17 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.3. That is about 34,300 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 USW00063858, 14 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Uniontown sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (16.7 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 5).
When to clean gutters in Uniontown
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 21 (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 Uniontown rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Uniontown the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.18 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 Uniontown
Half the homes in Uniontown were built by 1986, 42% 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.
60% of households own their home, and 47% 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 Uniontown which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Uniontown
With 16.7 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: