City of Roswell
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Roswell, GA
Around Roswell, the NOAA normal is 56 inches a year, with 18 inch-plus days. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (15.1 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 34,900 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USC00096407, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Roswell lands 1st for heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (17.9 a year) on inch-plus rain days. House age: near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1989). Frost timing: near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 9).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Roswell: first in fall about November 9, last in spring about March 25 (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
Summer storms here dump rain in bursts. For Roswell, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.98 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 900 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,800 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Roswell.
Roswell’s houses
The typical house in Roswell dates to 1989, and 21% 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 71% of homes; 59% are single-family detached and 12% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.
Runoff, drains and the county
Roswell 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 Roswell
17.9 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.