Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Douglasville, GA

Cleanout calendar

Median frost dates for Douglasville: first in fall about November 7, last in spring about March 27 (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 Douglasville, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.72 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 930 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,870 sq ft per 3×4.

Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Douglasville.

Douglasville’s houses

The typical house in Douglasville dates to 2001, and 21% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Newer houses usually still carry the builder’s gutters, so most calls are cleanouts, guards and small leaks.

Owners occupy 48% of homes; 58% are single-family detached and 6% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.

Runoff, drains and the county

Douglasville is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Douglas County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. 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