Douglas County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Lithia Springs, GA
Rain in Lithia Springs adds up to about 56 inches in a normal year, with about 16 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 16.0 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 34,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00095404, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
By heavy-rain days, Lithia Springs falls near the middle of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (15.8 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1990). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 7).
When to clean gutters in Lithia Springs
The first fall frost comes around November 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 27 (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 Lithia Springs rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Lithia Springs the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.76 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 930 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,860, 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 Lithia Springs
Half the homes in Lithia Springs were built by 1990, 30% 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.
42% of households own their home, and 51% of homes are detached houses, 3% 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 Lithia Springs
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: