Why gutters fail around Marietta
Most gutter repairs come down to a few problems: seams and corners that drip, runs that sag or pull away from the fascia, downspouts that come loose, and water spilling over the front because something downstream is blocked.
Rain and wind do their share. Atlanta’s airport averages about 50 inches of rain a year, with roughly 15 days that bring an inch or more, according to NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals. Across north and central Georgia, the National Weather Service counts about 19 days of damaging wind a year on average, most often in July.
Trees do the rest. Marietta was named a Tree City USA for the 39th year in a row in 2023, and Kennesaw Mountain sits just north of town. Leaves and grit pack the gutters, a run full of wet debris gets heavy, and heavy runs are the ones that sag and pull loose.
About a third of Marietta’s housing was built before 1980, according to Census estimates. On older houses, check the fascia board behind the gutter as well: a gutter only holds as well as the wood it’s fastened to.