City of Morrow
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Morrow, GA
Around Morrow, the NOAA normal is 53 inches a year, with 15 inch-plus days. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (14.8 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 32,800 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USC00094700, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Inch-plus rain days put Morrow near the middle of the 76 places on this site (15.1 a year). Its housing stock is 12th oldest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1974). First frost lands among the latest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 12).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Morrow: first in fall about November 12, last in spring about March 25 (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 Morrow, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.80 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 Morrow.
Morrow’s houses
The typical house in Morrow dates to 1974, and 61% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Original gutters on houses this age are near the end of their run; check the wood they hang on too. Painted fascia on pre-1978 houses brings in the EPA lead-safe rule above 20 square feet; ask for a certified crew.
Owners occupy 47% of homes; 72% are single-family detached and 8% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
Morrow 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. 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 Morrow
Older housing (median 1974) means more replacement jobs and fascia work here.