Pickens County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Jasper, GA
Rain in Jasper adds up to about 59 inches in a normal year, with about 17 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 36,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00094648, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Jasper ranks 54th for heavy-rain days of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (17.3 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1999). The first frost here ranks 65th earliest for the first fall frost of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Jasper
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). 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 Jasper rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Jasper the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.16 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,760, 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 Jasper
Half the homes in Jasper were built by 1999, 28% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
37% of households own their home, and 44% of homes are detached houses, 4% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
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 Jasper
With 17.3 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: