City of Stonecrest
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Stonecrest, GA
Around Stonecrest, the NOAA normal is 51 inches a year, with 16 inch-plus days. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (14.4 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 31,700 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USC00095666, 15 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Stonecrest is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (16.1 a year) for inch-plus rain days. Its housing stock is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1999). For fall frost it is 13th earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 6).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Stonecrest: first in fall about November 6, last in spring about March 31 (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
Atlanta thunderstorms are the real test. For Stonecrest, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.84 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 920 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,840 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Stonecrest.
Stonecrest’s houses
The typical house in Stonecrest dates to 1999, and 20% predate 1980 (Census ACS). The builder’s gutters are still up on most of these houses; they mostly need keeping clear.
Owners occupy 53% of homes; 58% are single-family detached and 13% attached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Stonecrest is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; DeKalb 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 Stonecrest
16.1 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.