Clarke County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Athens, GA
Athens gets about 49 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 15 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.6 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.0. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 30,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00013873, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Athens falls near the middle of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (15.0 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1987). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 10).
When to clean gutters in Athens
The first fall frost comes around November 10 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 23 (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 Athens rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Athens the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.70 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,870, 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 Athens
Half the homes in Athens were built by 1987, 40% 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.
40% of households own their home, and 48% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
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 Athens
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1987, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: