Johnston County, North Carolina
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Selma, NC
Rain in Selma adds up to about 49 inches in a normal year, with about 14 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 15.5 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 10.0. That is about 30,600 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 USC00317994, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Selma sits near the middle of the 457 places in North Carolina on this site (13.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 42nd oldest by median year built of the 457 places in North Carolina on this site (half built by 1968). By first frost it falls near the middle of the 456 places in North Carolina on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Selma
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 29 (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 Selma rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Selma the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.63 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,890, 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 Selma
Half the homes in Selma were built by 1968, 59% 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. 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.
44% of households own their home, and 60% 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 North Carolina
North Carolina licenses general contractors for projects of $40,000 or more (G.S. 87-1). An ordinary gutter job falls well below that, so no state license is required for it. Ask for proof of liability insurance and a written quote; for a larger project, look the company up with the licensing board.
Source: N.C. General Statutes § 87-1. Look-up: NC Licensing Board for General Contractors, license search.
Gutter work in Selma
With half the homes built by 1968, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: