Fair Oaks, unincorporated Cobb County
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fair Oaks, GA
Around Fair Oaks, the NOAA normal is 56 inches a year, with 16 inch-plus days. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (16.0 in). Picture 34,800 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.
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NOAA station USC00095404, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Among metro places, Fair Oaks is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (15.8 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). Frost timing: near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 7).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Fair Oaks: 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 Fair Oaks, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.92 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 910 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,820 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Fair Oaks.
Fair Oaks’s houses
The typical house in Fair Oaks dates to 1970, and 65% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Plenty of these houses are due for new gutters, and the fascia boards deserve a look at the same time. Painted fascia on pre-1978 houses brings in the EPA lead-safe rule above 20 square feet; ask for a certified crew.
Owners occupy 37% of homes; 48% are single-family detached and 8% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.
Runoff, drains and the county
Fair Oaks is not a city; streets, drains and stormwater here are Cobb 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 Fair Oaks
Older housing (median 1970) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.