City of Sandy Springs
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Sandy Springs, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Sandy Springs edition: 51 inches of rain in an average year and 15 days with an inch or more. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (13.9 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 31,900 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USW00053863, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Among metro places, Sandy Springs is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.8 a year) for inch-plus rain days. House age: near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1988). First frost lands near the middle of the 76 places on this site (November 9).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Sandy Springs: 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
Atlanta thunderstorms are the real test. For Sandy Springs, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.90 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 Sandy Springs.
Sandy Springs’s houses
The typical house in Sandy Springs dates to 1988, and 29% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Expect older gutters and tired fascia boards here.
Owners occupy 51% of homes; 32% are single-family detached and 11% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Sandy Springs 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 Sandy Springs
Mostly newer houses (median 1988): cleanouts, guards and small fixes lead.