Jackson County, Alabama
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Woodville, AL
A normal year in Woodville brings about 58 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 17.6 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 12.4. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 36,000 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00016196, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Woodville falls near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (17.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 323 places in Alabama on this site (half built by 1977). By first frost it falls 13th earliest for the first fall frost of the 320 places in Alabama on this site (October 30).
When to clean gutters in Woodville
The first fall frost comes around October 30 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Woodville rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Woodville the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.10 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 890 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,780, 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 Woodville
Half the homes in Woodville were built by 1977, 57% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
81% of households own their home, and 80% 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 Woodville which license or registration they hold in Alabama, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Woodville
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: