Our own crew cleans gutters in Alabaster, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Alabaster customers book in spring and fall, and we have been doing that work here long enough to know why.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. Gutter cleaning services in Alabaster AL are priced that way for every house. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house. Every homeowner who calls asks the same thing first, and the answer is one clear number before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the height and the condition of the roofline. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Tell us about any clogged downspouts when you call, because the crew has to flush every downspout on the house and that time goes into the number. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A run that comes down clean costs less time on the ladder, and a run that comes down full costs more. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Alabaster gutter cleaning jobs, most Alabaster homes have a mix of open runs and tree cover, and the gutter that gets the most attention is the one that has been sitting with a clog at the elbow for a season. A landscape with big trees overhanging the roof means more leaves in the trough every year. Where a run has been left to fill, we find the leaves and debris stacked against the downspout, and sometimes the water has been running behind the fascia for a while before anyone noticed. A small leak at a seam is usually the first sign of a clog upstream, and it is cheaper to catch early. Rainwater that cannot leave the trough runs over the front edge in heavy rain, and poor drainage at the outlet is where most of the trouble starts. Left long enough, that water can rot the fascia and cause structural damage. A clean trough with good water flow at every outlet is the goal, and the next heavy rain shows whether it was reached. On a recent job in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, what drove the quote was the buildup along the back run and two blockages that needed clearing from the top. The case link has the details.
We are not going to quote a number on this page. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what it is. Most houses end the visit with a clean trough and clear downspouts.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $185 | from $240 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $165 | from $215 | from $280 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $190 | from $250 | from $325 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our Alabaster customers book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Alabama, the spring visit lands in mid to late April, and that is when we find seeds and the odd twig packed in the elbows and a paste of pollen sitting in the trough. In Alabaster the fall visit usually lands in November to early December, when the wet leaf mat is what we find. February, March and December are the wettest months here, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sag by the time winter sets in.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning, but we still clear the surface and check the flow underneath. A clean trough in spring can be packed again by the end of summer, so one visit is never the whole story. Regular gutter cleaning on a schedule like that stops the buildup before it reaches the fascia, and the clean run is what keeps water away from your home. Residential and commercial roofs collect the same mix of needles and grit, and residential properties near a busy road fill fastest. Commercial properties carry the same water risk when a run backs up at the eave.
If you want the full picture for your lot, the cleanest way is to book a first visit. Most people only think about how to clean your gutters after the first overflow, which is the wrong time to start. A gutter system that has been left alone for two years needs more than a quick scoop. After that we tell you which schedule your house actually needs, and we schedule the next one before we leave. Our crew is the one who will be on the ladder, so you know who is looking at your gutters. Every visit ends with a clean run you can see from the driveway. Across Alabama, Gulf hurricanes and tropical remnants bring heavy rainfall, so if you want to keep your gutters clear before that season, call early and get your gutters on the calendar.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew has cleaned gutters for Alabaster homeowners who want the work done once and done right, and the crew covers the whole city and surrounding areas from the nearest base. Alabaster homes with heavy tree cover are the ones we see most, and each one gets the same photos before we leave. Booking our cleaning services in Alabaster starts with an estimate by phone or text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you. From there we set a date and call before we come. Nobody needs to be home.
The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, around the spring seed drop and again in late fall when the leaves come down. If you can book outside those windows, you will usually get a slot sooner. Each gutter cleaning service visit is booked as one job. Our calendar keeps the crew working the whole job, so when you do call, you talk to the people who will be on the ladder. A clean first visit makes every later booking easier, and a routine visit is cleaning and maintenance in one trip.
Gutters left unchecked can cause real trouble, and a clean gutter that is maintained is far cheaper than repairing the fascia or the soffit after water has been getting behind them. Gutter maintenance is routine work, and it stays routine if you start early. Keeping them clean is how you protect your home from water damage. If you are seeing water over the edge in heavy rain, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us what you see. We will tell you what it is, and we will photograph and report anything else we find on the roof, with no sales pitch attached. Our gutter services start with that phone call, and we check gutters and downspouts while we are up there.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our gutter cleaning service quotes come from those same details for every house, so a two-story home gets the same kind of quote as a one-story. We do not put a range on this page, because the number on the phone is the one you pay.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the leaf drop, we find the wet mat that holds water against the roofline, and that is the time to call. Heavy rainfall in February, March and December is the reason not to wait.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will arrive.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we will send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
We flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. Our gutter cleaning process checks every outlet, and a drain that is backed up gets reported before the job closes.
Yes. On our jobs we find the surface packed with needles, seed casings and grit under the guard, and that stops the water from getting in. The surface still gets cleared, and the flow still gets checked. A guard keeps the leaves out, but it does not keep a run clean forever.
If the rain gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, it is a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, including a clogged downspout that will not clear from the bottom, and the number we quoted on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
