Berkeley County, South Carolina
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in North Charleston, SC
A normal year in North Charleston brings about 53 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 19.8 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 9.8. That is about 32,600 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 USW00013880, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, North Charleston sits 34th for heavy-rain days of the 266 places in South Carolina on this site (15.7 a year). Its housing ranks among the newest by median year built of the 265 places in South Carolina on this site (half built by 1995). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 263 places in South Carolina on this site (November 27).
When to clean gutters in North Charleston
The first fall frost comes around November 27 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 7 (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 North Charleston rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In North Charleston the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 9.07 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 790 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,590, 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 North Charleston
Half the homes in North Charleston were built by 1995, 33% 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.
49% of households own their home, and 49% of homes are detached houses, 7% 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 North Charleston
With 15.7 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: