City of Woodstock
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Woodstock, GA
Around Woodstock, the NOAA normal is 56 inches a year, with 16 inch-plus days. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (15.6 in). Picture 34,500 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.
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NOAA station USC00091585, 7 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Woodstock is 18th for heavy-rain days of the 76 places on this site (16.2 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 2005). 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 Woodstock: first in fall about November 4, last in spring about April 2 (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
Think of the five minutes when a storm opens up. For Woodstock, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 8.14 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 880 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,770 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Woodstock.
Woodstock’s houses
The typical house in Woodstock dates to 2005, and 7% predate 1980 (Census ACS). The builder’s gutters are still up on most of these houses; they mostly need keeping clear.
Owners occupy 66% of homes; 59% are single-family detached and 15% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
Woodstock is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Cherokee 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 Woodstock
16.2 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.