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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ludowici, GA

Rain in Ludowici adds up to about 51 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 19.0 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 10.2. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,600 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.

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Ludowici: rain and roofs

NOAA station USC00093538, 13 mi
51.0 in
Rain in a normal year, Ludowici
NOAA normal, FT STEWART
16.1
Days with an inch or more
a year
31,600 gal
Water off 1,000 sq ft of roof in Ludowici
0.62 gal per sq ft per inch
9.31 in/hr
5-minute downpour, once in 10 years
NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9
Nov 29
First fall frost
median date
1991
Median year homes were built
ACS 2020–2024
38%
Homes built before 1980
ACS 2020–2024
Winter10.6 in
Spring10.2 in
Summer19.0 in
Fall11.2 in

Bars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).

For days with an inch of rain or more, Ludowici ranks 91st for heavy-rain days of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (16.1 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1991). The first frost here ranks among the latest for the first fall frost of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 29).

When to clean gutters in Ludowici

The first fall frost comes around November 29 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 5 (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 Ludowici rain

What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Ludowici the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.31 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 770 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,550, 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 Ludowici

Half the homes in Ludowici were built by 1991, 38% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit.

47% of households own their home, and 38% of homes are detached houses, 2% 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 Ludowici

With 16.1 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:

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