Conley, unincorporated Clayton County
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Conley, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Conley edition: 50 inches of rain in an average year and 15 days with an inch or more. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (13.7 in). Picture 31,300 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.
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NOAA station USW00013874, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Inch-plus rain days put Conley near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.9 a year). On house age it is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1983). For fall frost it is among the latest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 20).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Conley: first in fall about November 20, last in spring about March 15 (NOAA). Schedule the leaf cleanout once the frost has come and the hardwoods are bare, and a second pass after the spring pine pollen.
More on the timing, and on how the trees over a roof change it: when to clean gutters in metro Atlanta.
Downpours and downspouts
Summer storms here dump rain in bursts. For Conley, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.78 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 930 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 Conley.
Conley’s houses
The typical house in Conley dates to 1983, and 46% 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 67% of homes; 65% are single-family detached and 3% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.
Runoff, drains and the county
Conley is not a city; streets, drains and stormwater here are Clayton County’s. 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 Conley
Older housing (median 1983) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.