City of East Point
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in East Point, GA
Around East Point, the NOAA normal is 50 inches a year, with 15 inch-plus days. 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, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, East Point is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.9 a year) for inch-plus rain days. On house age it is 8th oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1970). 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 East Point: 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
Think of the five minutes when a storm opens up. For East Point, 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 East Point.
East Point’s houses
The typical house in East Point dates to 1970, and 62% 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 44% of homes; 52% are single-family detached and 4% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
East Point is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Fulton 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
Common calls from East Point
Older housing (median 1970) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.