City of Villa Rica
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Villa Rica, GA
Metro Atlanta weather, Villa Rica edition: 52 inches of rain in an average year and 15 days with an inch or more. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (15.5 in). Picture 32,500 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.
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NOAA station USC00093147, 11 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Villa Rica is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (14.9 a year) for inch-plus rain days. House age: among the newest by median year built of the 76 places on this site (half built by 2003). First frost lands 12th earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 5).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Villa Rica: first in fall about November 5, last in spring about March 28 (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 Villa Rica, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.70 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 940 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,870 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Villa Rica.
Villa Rica’s houses
The typical house in Villa Rica dates to 2003, and 15% predate 1980 (Census ACS). Newer houses usually still carry the builder’s gutters, so most calls are cleanouts, guards and small leaks.
Owners occupy 61% of homes; 78% are single-family detached and 1% attached. In HOA neighborhoods, ask the association first.
Runoff, drains and the county
Villa Rica is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Douglas 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 Villa Rica
Mostly newer houses (median 2003): cleanouts, guards and small fixes lead.