Tyrone, unincorporated Fayette County
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Tyrone, GA
49 inches a year, 13 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Tyrone handle. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (13.5 in). A modest 1,000-square-foot roof here sends 30,600 gallons a year down its downspouts.
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NOAA station USW00053819, 8 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Inch-plus rain days put Tyrone among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (13.1 a year). House age: near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 2000). First frost lands 13th earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 6).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Tyrone: first in fall about November 6, last in spring about March 26 (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 Tyrone, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.80 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 920 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,850 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Tyrone.
Tyrone’s houses
The typical house in Tyrone dates to 2000, and 14% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Builder gutters, mostly in fine shape: cleaning and guards are the common jobs.
Owners occupy 92% of homes; 95% are single-family detached. Townhome owners: your HOA may handle gutters, or set the colors.
Runoff, drains and the county
Tyrone is not a city; streets, drains and stormwater here are Fayette County’s. A downspout that empties against the house undoes the gutter’s work; extend it or carry it away. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Tyrone
Mostly newer houses (median 2000): cleanouts, guards and small fixes lead.