City of College Park
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in College Park, GA
50 inches a year, 15 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in College Park handle. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (13.7 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 31,300 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USW00013874, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, College Park is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.9 a year) for inch-plus rain days. House age: 10th oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1972). First frost lands among the latest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 20).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for College Park: first in fall about November 20, last in spring about March 15 (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 College Park, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.73 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 930 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,860 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for College Park.
College Park’s houses
The typical house in College Park dates to 1972, and 72% 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 22% of homes; 30% are single-family detached and 1% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
College Park is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Clayton 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 College Park
Older housing (median 1972) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.