City of Suwanee
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Suwanee, GA
56 inches a year, 18 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Suwanee handle. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (15.1 in). Picture 34,900 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.
Call (888) 217-8865 free call to a gutter contractor serving SuwaneeSuwanee: rain and roofs
NOAA station USC00096407, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Among metro places, Suwanee is 1st for heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (17.9 a year) for inch-plus rain days. On house age it is among the newest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 2002). For fall frost it is 2nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 4).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Suwanee: first in fall about November 4, last in spring about April 4 (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 Suwanee, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.93 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 Suwanee.
Suwanee’s houses
The typical house in Suwanee dates to 2002, and 3% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Newer houses usually still carry the builder’s gutters, so most calls are cleanouts, guards and small leaks.
Owners occupy 62% of homes; 53% are single-family detached and 14% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.
Runoff, drains and the county
Suwanee is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Gwinnett County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. The gutter’s job ends at the downspout: water let out next to the foundation can come back as a wet crawl space or a washed-out bed. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Suwanee
17.9 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.