Shelby County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Westover, AL
A normal year in Westover brings about 61 inches of rain; on roughly 21 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.3 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.7. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 37,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00014619, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Westover sits 30th for heavy-rain days of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (21.0 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 2002). By first frost it falls 59th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (November 2).
When to clean gutters in Westover
The first fall frost comes around November 2 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 31 (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 Westover rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Westover the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.14 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 1,770, 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 Westover
Half the homes in Westover were built by 2002, 22% 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.
89% of households own their home, and 86% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. 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 Westover which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Westover
With 21.0 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: