DeKalb County, Georgia
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in North Decatur, GA
North Decatur gets about 51 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 15 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 13.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,900 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USW00053863, 5 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, North Decatur ranks near the middle of the 376 places in Georgia on this site (14.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits 78th oldest by median year built of the 375 places in Georgia on this site (half built by 1974). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 369 places in Georgia on this site (November 9).
When to clean gutters in North Decatur
The first fall frost comes around November 9 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 25 (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 North Decatur rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In North Decatur the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.82 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 920 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,840, 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 North Decatur
Half the homes in North Decatur were built by 1974, 55% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
57% of households own their home, and 46% of homes are detached houses, 9% 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 North Decatur
With half the homes built by 1974, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: