City of Fayetteville
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fayetteville, GA
49 inches a year, 13 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Fayetteville handle. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (13.5 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 30,600 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USW00053819, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Inch-plus rain days put Fayetteville among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (13.1 a year). On house age it is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1998). For fall frost it is 13th earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 6).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Fayetteville: first in fall about November 6, last in spring about March 26 (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
Think of the five minutes when a storm opens up. For Fayetteville, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.86 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 920 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,830 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Fayetteville.
Fayetteville’s houses
The typical house in Fayetteville dates to 1998, and 9% predate 1980 (Census ACS). The builder’s gutters are still up on most of these houses; they mostly need keeping clear.
Owners occupy 68% of homes; 67% are single-family detached and 8% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
Fayetteville is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Fayette County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. 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 Fayetteville
Mostly newer houses (median 1998): cleanouts, guards and small fixes lead.