Bacon County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Alma, GA
Rain in Alma adds up to about 45 inches in a normal year, with about 13 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 15.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 8.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 27,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013870, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Alma ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (12.9 a year). By house age it falls 25th oldest by median year built of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1967). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 20).
When to clean gutters in Alma
The first fall frost comes around November 20 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 11 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Alma rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Alma the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.20 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 780 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,570, 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 Alma
Half the homes in Alma were built by 1967, 82% 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.
58% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Georgia
Georgia does not require a state contractor license for gutter work: the licensing board lists “Gutters and Downspouts” among the traditional specialty trades, which under O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17 need no residential or general contractor license when the work stays within the specialty. With no state license to look up, ask for proof of liability insurance, the city or county business license, and a written quote.
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, Traditional Specialty Contractors.
Gutter work in Alma
With half the homes built by 1967, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: