Morgan County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Madison, GA
A normal year in Madison brings about 48 inches of rain; on roughly 14 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 13.4 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.9. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 29,600 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00063850, 15 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Madison falls near the middle of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (14.3 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 12).
When to clean gutters in Madison
The first fall frost comes around November 12 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Madison rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Madison 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 Madison
Half the homes in Madison were built by 1990, 44% 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. 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.
40% of households own their home, and 65% 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 Madison
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1990, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: