Gresham Park, unincorporated DeKalb County
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Gresham Park, GA
50 inches a year, 15 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Gresham Park handle. 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, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Gresham Park is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.9 a year) for inch-plus rain days. House age: 6th oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1967). 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 Gresham Park: 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 Gresham Park, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.79 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 920 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 Gresham Park.
Gresham Park’s houses
The typical house in Gresham Park dates to 1967, and 69% 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 66% of homes; 75% are single-family detached and 5% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.
Runoff, drains and the county
Gresham Park is not a city; streets, drains and stormwater here are DeKalb County’s. DeKalb County bills a stormwater fee of $120 a year for a single-family home here, with credits of up to 40%.More on DeKalb County. 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 Gresham Park
Older housing (median 1967) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.