Pickens County, South Carolina
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Arial, SC
A normal year in Arial brings about 57 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 15.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.8. That is about 35,100 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 USC00386831, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Arial sits 13th for heavy-rain days of the 266 places in South Carolina on this site (16.7 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 265 places in South Carolina on this site (half built by 1975). By first frost it falls 44th earliest for the first fall frost of the 263 places in South Carolina on this site (November 3).
When to clean gutters in Arial
The first fall frost comes around November 3 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 1 (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 Arial rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Arial the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.25 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 990 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,990, 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 Arial
Half the homes in Arial were built by 1975, 62% 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.
90% of households own their home, and 77% 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 South Carolina
South Carolina has no license category for gutters. The Residential Builders Commission registers specialty trades for work over $500, and gutters are not among them; under the statute, repair or improvement of a home costing more than $5,000 is residential builder work. For a large job, ask what license the contractor holds and look it up; for any job, ask for proof of insurance.
Source: S.C. Code, Title 40 Chapter 59. Look-up: S.C. LLR, licensee lookup.
Gutter work in Arial
With half the homes built by 1975, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: