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Call {{TODO: phone}}One story or two? That decides the ladders and staging, so start the call there and we'll book the measuring visit.
Decatur, Atlanta and nearby towns in DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett and Clayton
Type the ZIP where the house is. If it's on the list, the next step is a call.
Keep people and cars out from under it, and stay off ladders while it's still blowing. Then call and say how much of the run is down. The storm damage page covers the first hour.
Decatur Spout
Decatur Spout sets up gutter installation for houses across metro Atlanta, with guards, repairs, cleaning and storm work on the same number. These are the conditions a gutter here has to carry, and they're why the size, the guard and the downspouts get picked house by house.
50in
Rain in an average Atlanta year
46%
Of the city under tree canopy
7.8in/hr
Rain rate in the hardest five minutes of a once-a-decade storm
10days
Thunderstorm days in an average July
Services
Guards, downspouts, fascia and repairs are covered too.
The visit
Your part is the call and a yes or no on the price. The rest happens in this order.
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One story or two, the trouble with the old gutters, and which trees hang over the roof. That's enough to set up the visit.
A {{TODO: confirm partner credentials for metro Atlanta (Georgia license status for gutter work, insurance)}} installer measures every run, checks the fascia behind the old gutters and finds each downspout a spot where its water can drain away.
Ask for it in writing, itemized: footage, gutter size, downspouts, guards and old-gutter removal. You only pay for work you agreed to.
Old runs come off, soft boards get replaced, new runs are formed and hung, and the downspouts are set to carry water clear of the house.
Around Atlanta
The age of a house and the town it sits in shape what goes up. Here's what that means, house by house.
Decatur was largely built out in the 1920s with Craftsman bungalows, and its local historic districts ask for a certificate before material changes. Old wood fascia and that review both come before a new run goes up.
Gutters in Decatur
Across DeKalb, about 29 percent of homes date from 1960 to 1979. If the gutters on one of them are the originals, they've long outlasted the roughly 20 years aluminum gets in the builders' study.
Gutter replacement
Every gable that meets the main roof makes a valley, and each valley pours two slopes into one gutter corner. In heavy rain those corners can overflow unless the gutter and downspouts are sized for them.
Gutter size guide
In the Norcross Historic District, replacement gutters should match the originals, and PVC pipe can't stand in for a gutter or downspout. In Marietta's districts, a same-place, same-size swap needs no certificate.
Gutters in Norcross
Copper half-round suits an older house's trim and lasts more than 50 years in the builders' study, as long as every hanger, strap and downspout below it is copper or brass too.
Copper and half-roundWhy gutters fail here
Two or more of these on one house usually means new gutters, not another patch.
Call {{TODO: phone}}A gutter too small for the roof, or with too few downspouts, overflows even when it's clean. Sizing for downpours
A downspout that empties at the corner drops a whole slope of roof onto a few square feet of ground. On bare red clay, the splash breaks the surface apart and seals it over, so less of the water soaks in. Downspouts and drainage
Gutters sold in 10-foot lengths are joined on the wall, and each joint depends on sealant. A one-piece run has joints only at the corners, the ends and the downspout outlets. One-piece gutters
Spikes driven through the gutter face can work loose, and soft wood holds them poorly. Ask for screwed hidden hangers set into sound fascia; one maker builds them to resist loosening. Fascia repair
Most of Atlanta's tree cover sits over single-family lots. Under loblollies and oaks, a guard picked for the debris cuts down the ladder trips. Gutter guards
Sizing
For a big or steep roof, or a long run with one outlet, 6-inch is the safer pick. It's rolled from 15-inch coil instead of 11-3/4-inch, holds more water, and takes the larger 3x4 downspout. Plenty of smaller roofs do fine with 5-inch.
Sizing starts from the hardest five minutes of rain a roof is likely to see, the burst in the numbers up top. The gutter size guide turns that into gutter and downspout sizes for your roof, with a calculator.
The answer comes from the roof itself: how much of it drains to each run, how steep it is and whether a valley pours into one corner. The one-piece gutter page covers gauge and hangers.
Pricing
Per-foot ranges by material, add-ons for height and the guard tiers are in the gutter cost guide.
Gutters are priced by the linear foot, so a long ranch with gutters on every side can cost more than a two-story with gutters on two.
A second story means taller ladders or staging and slower work, which raises the per-foot price.
Each downspout, elbow and extension is its own line. Valleys and long runs call for more of them.
Rotted boards found behind the old gutters are priced per board or per foot.
Guards carry their own per-foot price, and copper or half-round costs more than K-style aluminum.
Tips & Guides
Service area
Pick a town for the local details, or look up your ZIP on the areas page.
Find your ZIPThe first few minutes of the call are about where the water goes: over the front edge, behind the gutter or down the foundation wall.
