City of Austell
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Austell, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Austell edition: 56 inches of rain in an average year and 16 days with an inch or more. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (16.0 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 34,800 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USC00095404, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Austell lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (15.8 a year) on inch-plus rain days. Its housing stock is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1988). First frost lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 7).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Austell: first in fall about November 7, last in spring about March 27 (NOAA). Fall cleanout after the frost, spring cleanout after the pollen: two visits cover most Atlanta yards with trees.
More on the timing, and on how the trees over a roof change it: when to clean gutters in metro Atlanta.
Downpours and downspouts
Atlanta thunderstorms are the real test. For Austell, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.80 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 920 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,850 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Austell.
Austell’s houses
The typical house in Austell dates to 1988, and 45% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Expect older gutters and tired fascia boards here. Painted fascia on pre-1978 houses brings in the EPA lead-safe rule above 20 square feet; ask for a certified crew.
Owners occupy 63% of homes; 76% are single-family detached and 7% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Austell is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Cobb County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. A downspout that empties against the house undoes the gutter’s work; extend it or carry it away. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Austell
15.8 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.