Cobb County Towns

Cobb County's towns share a climate and a soil, but not much else when it comes to gutters. Housing age, tree cover, lot slope and local rules change from one town to the next, and each page below starts from what defines gutter work in that town.

East Cobb

Two-story homes from the 1970s through the 1990s under mature oaks, sweetgums and pines. Long gutter runs, big roof planes and heavy leaf load make guards and 6-inch gutters common upgrades. East Cobb gutters →

Kennesaw

Subdivisions from the 1990s and 2000s whose original builder-grade gutters are reaching the end, plus wooded lots near Kennesaw Mountain. Kennesaw gutters →

Acworth

Sloped, wooded lots near Allatoona Lake and Lake Acworth, where drainage on private land is the owner's responsibility under city code. Acworth gutters and drainage →

Smyrna

Postwar ranches under protected oaks on one side, new townhomes with tight side yards on the other. Smyrna gutters →

Powder Springs

A town of homeowners and newer subdivisions along flood-prone creeks, with a stormwater credit that counts rain barrels. Powder Springs gutters →

Marietta itself

The county seat, with historic districts near the Square and every era of housing in between, is covered across the main site and the historic districts note.

What every Cobb town shares

Average rainfall of about 50 inches a year, summer thunderstorms, loblolly pine as the most common pine, and red clay that erodes easily once it's bare. Those four facts are why gutter guards and downspout drainage come up in every town on this list.