DeKalb County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Atlanta, GA
A normal year in Atlanta brings about 48 inches of rain; on roughly 14 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 12.8 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 10.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 29,800 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00003888, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Atlanta ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (13.6 a year). Its housing ranks near the middle of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1987). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 8).
When to clean gutters in Atlanta
The first fall frost comes around November 8 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 24 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Atlanta rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Atlanta the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.76 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 930 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,860, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Atlanta
Half the homes in Atlanta were built by 1987, 44% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
46% of households own their home, and 36% of homes are detached houses, 6% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Georgia
Georgia does not require a state contractor license for gutter work: the licensing board lists “Gutters and Downspouts” among the traditional specialty trades, which under O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17 need no residential or general contractor license when the work stays within the specialty. With no state license to look up, ask for proof of liability insurance, the city or county business license, and a written quote.
Source: Georgia Secretary of State, Traditional Specialty Contractors.
Gutter work in Atlanta
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1987, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: