Belvedere Park, unincorporated DeKalb County
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Belvedere Park, GA
Around Belvedere Park, the NOAA normal is 51 inches a year, with 15 inch-plus days. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (13.9 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 31,900 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USW00053863, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Belvedere Park lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.8 a year) on inch-plus rain days. On house age it is 1st oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1961). For fall frost it is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 9).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Belvedere Park: first in fall about November 9, last in spring about March 25 (NOAA). Wait for the frost and bare branches before the fall cleanout; come back after the yellow spring pollen settles.
More on the timing, and on how the trees over a roof change it: when to clean gutters in metro Atlanta.
Downpours and downspouts
Think of the five minutes when a storm opens up. For Belvedere Park, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.81 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 920 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,840 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Belvedere Park.
Belvedere Park’s houses
The typical house in Belvedere Park dates to 1961, and 74% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Original gutters on houses this age are near the end of their run; check the wood they hang on too. Painted fascia on pre-1978 houses brings in the EPA lead-safe rule above 20 square feet; ask for a certified crew.
Owners occupy 62% of homes; 76% are single-family detached and 9% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
Belvedere Park is not a city; streets, drains and stormwater here are DeKalb County’s. DeKalb County bills a stormwater fee of $120 a year for a single-family home here, with credits of up to 40%.More on DeKalb County. The gutter’s job ends at the downspout: water let out next to the foundation can come back as a wet crawl space or a washed-out bed. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Belvedere Park
Older housing (median 1961) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.