City of Buford
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Buford, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Buford edition: 56 inches of rain in an average year and 18 days with an inch or more. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (15.7 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 34,900 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USC00092408, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Buford is 15th for heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (17.5 a year) for inch-plus rain days. Its housing stock is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1994). First frost lands 2nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 4).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Buford: first in fall about November 4, last in spring about April 4 (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
Atlanta thunderstorms are the real test. For Buford, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.94 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 910 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,810 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Buford.
Buford’s houses
The typical house in Buford dates to 1994, and 29% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Expect older gutters and tired fascia boards here.
Owners occupy 70% of homes; 70% are single-family detached and 3% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Buford is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Gwinnett County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. Wherever the water goes, it should leave the downspout well clear of the foundation and the beds along it. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Buford
17.5 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.