Gordon County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fairmount, GA
Fairmount gets about 52 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 16 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.0 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.8. That is about 32,400 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 USC00090044, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Fairmount sits near the middle of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (15.5 a year). By house age it falls 90th oldest by median year built of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1975). By first frost it falls 65th earliest for the first fall frost of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Fairmount
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 31 (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 Fairmount rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Fairmount the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.00 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,800, 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 Fairmount
Half the homes in Fairmount were built by 1975, 69% 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.
63% of households own their home, and 88% 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 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 Fairmount
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: