Glynn County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in St. Simons, GA
Rain in St. Simons adds up to about 45 inches in a normal year, with about 13 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 15.7 inches; the driest is spring (March to May), with 8.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 28,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00013878, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, St. Simons ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (12.9 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 1988).
When to clean gutters in St. Simons
Frost is rare in St. Simons, and in many years there is none (NOAA normals). With no hard freeze to strip the trees, the fall cleaning follows the leaf drop itself; book it once the trees over the roof are bare, and plan a second visit in spring.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for St. Simons rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In St. Simons the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.60 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 680 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,360, 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. Simons
Half the homes in St. Simons were built by 1988, 33% 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.
87% of households own their home, and 64% of homes are detached houses, 6% 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 St. Simons
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1988, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: