City of Kennesaw
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Kennesaw, GA
54 inches a year, 16 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Kennesaw handle. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (15.0 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 33,700 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USC00092485, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Kennesaw is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (16.1 a year) for inch-plus rain days. House age: near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1997). Frost timing: 2nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 4).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Kennesaw: first in fall about November 4, last in spring about April 2 (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 Kennesaw, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 8.09 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 890 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,780 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Kennesaw.
Kennesaw’s houses
The typical house in Kennesaw dates to 1997, and 11% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Builder gutters, mostly in fine shape: cleaning and guards are the common jobs.
Owners occupy 69% of homes; 60% are single-family detached and 17% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Kennesaw is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Cobb 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 Kennesaw
16.1 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.