Sumter County, South Carolina
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lakewood, SC
Lakewood gets about 49 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 15 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 15.7 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 10.8. That is about 30,300 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 USC00388440, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Lakewood sits near the middle of the 266 places in South Carolina on this site (14.7 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 265 places in South Carolina on this site (half built by 1986). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 263 places in South Carolina on this site (November 7).
When to clean gutters in Lakewood
The first fall frost comes around November 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (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 Lakewood rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Lakewood the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.15 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,770, 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 Lakewood
Half the homes in Lakewood were built by 1986, 38% 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.
64% of households own their home, and 69% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
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 Lakewood
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1986, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: