City of Forest Park
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Forest Park, GA
Around Forest Park, the NOAA normal is 50 inches a year, with 15 inch-plus days. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (13.7 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 31,300 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USW00013874, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Forest Park 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 4th oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1965). Frost timing: among the latest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 20).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Forest Park: first in fall about November 20, last in spring about March 15 (NOAA). Fall cleanout after the frost, spring cleanout after the pollen: two visits cover most Atlanta yards with trees.
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 Forest Park, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.78 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 930 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 Forest Park.
Forest Park’s houses
The typical house in Forest Park dates to 1965, and 80% 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 38% of homes; 62% are single-family detached and 2% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Forest Park is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Clayton County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. A downspout that empties against the house undoes the gutter’s work; extend it or carry it away. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Forest Park
Older housing (median 1965) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.