Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Cheraw, SC
Rain in Cheraw adds up to about 49 inches in a normal year, with about 14 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 15.1 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.3. That is about 30,100 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 USC00381588, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Cheraw ranks near the middle of the 266 places in South Carolina on this site (13.8 a year). Its housing ranks 40th oldest by median year built of the 265 places in South Carolina on this site (half built by 1968). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 263 places in South Carolina on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in Cheraw
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 26 (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 Cheraw rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Cheraw the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.04 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,790, 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 Cheraw
Half the homes in Cheraw were built by 1968, 70% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
45% of households own their home, and 63% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
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 Cheraw
With half the homes built by 1968, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: