City of Fairburn
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fairburn, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Fairburn 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, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Fairburn 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 among the newest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 2004). 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 Fairburn: 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 Fairburn, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.74 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 Fairburn.
Fairburn’s houses
The typical house in Fairburn dates to 2004, and 24% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Newer houses usually still carry the builder’s gutters, so most calls are cleanouts, guards and small leaks.
Owners occupy 58% of homes; 71% are single-family detached and 4% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
Fairburn 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 Fairburn
Mostly newer houses (median 2004): cleanouts, guards and small fixes lead.