Covington County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Collins, MS
Rain in Collins adds up to about 58 inches in a normal year, with about 21 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,000 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00221852, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Collins ranks 13th for heavy-rain days of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (21.2 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1976). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 12).
When to clean gutters in Collins
The first fall frost comes around November 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 17 (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 Collins rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Collins the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.26 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 1,560, 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 Collins
Half the homes in Collins were built by 1976, 60% 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.
55% of households own their home, and 73% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Collins, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Collins
With half the homes built by 1976, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: