City of Hapeville
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Hapeville, GA
50 inches a year, 15 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Hapeville handle. 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, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Inch-plus rain days put Hapeville near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.9 a year). House age: 5th oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1966). 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 Hapeville: 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 Hapeville, 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 Hapeville.
Hapeville’s houses
The typical house in Hapeville dates to 1966, and 63% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Expect older gutters and tired fascia boards here. Painted fascia on pre-1978 houses brings in the EPA lead-safe rule above 20 square feet; ask for a certified crew.
Owners occupy 49% of homes; 60% are single-family detached and 2% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Hapeville 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. A downspout that empties against the house undoes the gutter’s work; extend it or carry it away. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Hapeville
Older housing (median 1966) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.