Pickens County, South Carolina
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Clemson University, SC
A normal year in Clemson University brings about 52 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 14.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.4. That is about 32,500 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 USC00381770, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Clemson University sits 30th for heavy-rain days of the 266 places in South Carolina on this site (15.8 a year). 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 Clemson University
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 Clemson University rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Clemson University 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 Clemson University
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 Clemson University
With 15.8 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: