Camden County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in St. Marys, GA
St. Marys gets about 47 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 13 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 17.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 8.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00063856, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, St. Marys ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (12.8 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1994). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (December 14).
When to clean gutters in St. Marys
The first fall frost comes around December 14 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 19 (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 St. Marys rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In St. Marys the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.44 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 690 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,380, 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 St. Marys
Half the homes in St. Marys were built by 1994, 22% 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.
55% of households own their home, and 71% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
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 St. Marys
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1994, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: