City of Peachtree City
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Peachtree City, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Peachtree City edition: 49 inches of rain in an average year and 13 days with an inch or more. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (13.5 in). Picture 30,600 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.
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NOAA station USW00053819, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Peachtree City is among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (13.1 a year) for inch-plus rain days. House age: near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1993). Frost timing: 13th earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 6).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Peachtree City: first in fall about November 6, last in spring about March 26 (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 Peachtree City, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.91 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 910 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,820 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Peachtree City.
Peachtree City’s houses
The typical house in Peachtree City dates to 1993, and 15% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Plenty of these houses are due for new gutters, and the fascia boards deserve a look at the same time.
Owners occupy 73% of homes; 77% are single-family detached and 4% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.
Runoff, drains and the county
Peachtree City is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Fayette 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 Peachtree City
Mostly newer houses (median 1993): cleanouts, guards and small fixes lead.