Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Druid Hills, GA
Around Druid Hills, 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, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Druid Hills lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.8 a year) on inch-plus rain days. House age: 3rd oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1964). First frost lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 9).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Druid Hills: 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
Atlanta thunderstorms are the real test. For Druid Hills, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.80 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 920 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 Druid Hills.
Druid Hills’s houses
The typical house in Druid Hills dates to 1964, and 56% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Expect older gutters and tired fascia boards here. Painted fascia on pre-1978 houses brings in the EPA lead-safe rule above 20 square feet; ask for a certified crew.
Owners occupy 59% of homes; 53% are single-family detached and 5% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Druid Hills 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. 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 Druid Hills
Older housing (median 1964) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.