Our crew will clean gutters in Alexander City AL, flushing every downspout, checking each one flows, hauling the debris away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover shades it. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Alabama, most Alexander City homeowners book in the spring and fall, when seed, pollen and leaves have done their work on the troughs.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, how much square footage the gutter system runs along, and what is sitting in them. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we name is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but on our jobs the stories and the access matter more than the footage. Gutter cleaning services in Alexander City for a home with a clog or a sag in one run are quoted on the same sheet as a light clean, and the extra time is named before work starts.
What moves the price is what the crew finds when they get up there. A third story or a steep pitch that is unsafe to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, and the buildup takes more time than a light fall. The crew may have to clean the trough by hand first. A sag left to carry a full load through a wet season can lead to structural damage, so it gets named on the sheet. Guards we have to lift and reseat also add to the visit. Downspout flushing, a water flow check and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras, and the crew confirms drainage at the outlet before it leaves. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Alexander City homes show this clearly. On one house in the area, the quote moved once the crew saw a clog of compacted leaves in the gutter leading to the downspout, and the flushing took longer than the visual suggested. The crew had to clean out the blocked run before it would flow. The customer heard it before the crew climbed up, and agreed to the change first. The number on the phone stayed the number on the invoice. That is how we work on residential properties and commercial properties alike, whatever the size of the building.
If you are weighing whether to clean your gutters, ask for a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. Tell us the stories and whether trees shade the house, and you will have a number before the crew is booked. Regular gutter cleaning in spring and fall keeps each visit toward the light end of the price.
| 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 customers in Alexander City AL book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. When we open the gutters here in spring we find clogged downspouts, with seeds and seed casings forming a plug in the elbows, pollen paste on top and rainwater backing up behind it. In fall it is leaves and debris collecting along the roofline, and a single blockage at the elbow means the crew has to clean the whole run before it flows. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see a rain gutter that has pulled loose, sagged, or leaks at the seam by the next winter, and the fascia behind a leak begins to rot.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see work, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the same pattern holds across the surrounding areas. Few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards mean less frequent visits, but the surface still needs a clean. Our crew will flush every downspout on each visit, so you can keep your gutters draining and water away from the foundation, protecting your home from water damage. Ask about our gutter services on the first call, and we tell you which schedule your lot needs and give you an estimate for it.
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 works across Alexander City from the nearest base, and we book by phone or text. We ask for the stories, a rough sense of the size, whether trees hang over the roof, whether you have gutter guards, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Every homeowner gets those same questions up front, so the number matches the house. The gutter cleaning process is the same at every address: a call, a price, then a slot. Ask whether you want a one-time cleaning or a cleaning and maintenance visit on a set schedule. We work around landscape beds and shrubs so the ladders stay off the plants. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The busy windows on our calendar are the spring and the fall, so if you want a particular week, call early in those months, and that is also the easiest way to get your gutters done before the leaves drop.
Once the quote is agreed, the crew gets a slot and confirms the date with you. Ask about lead time when you call, because it changes with the season. Heavy rainfall weeks fill up quickly, since a full gutter overflows fastest then, and Alexander City gutter cleaning slots go first when the forecast turns wet. Most of our Alexander City customers book two cleanings a year, which matches the schedule above. We take the same care when we clean a single-storey house as a three-storey one. A twig in a downspout elbow is cleared before the crew leaves, and the visit covers the gutters, the downspouts and the debris, which is carried away from your home, nothing less. Ongoing gutter maintenance keeps the next visit short.
Our cleaning services in Alexander City are priced from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a number before the crew is booked.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall, with the fall visit landing from November to early December. Alexander City's wettest months are January, February and March, and if the fall visit is skipped, leaves and debris go soft in that stretch and any ice on a freeze-prone winter can sag a rain gutter before spring.
Most slots come up within the week for homes and commercial properties alike. When you call we confirm a date for your clean, and we will tell you if the crew can come sooner.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The crew will clean up after itself, and debris is bagged and carried away from your home. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that the outlet is moving water away from the house. Clogged downspouts that will not run are cleared from the top before the crew leaves. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the big leaves out, but needles, seed casings, grit and pollen still settle on top and mat when they get wet, and what washes off lands in the beds below. We clean the surface, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Water that sits in a sagging run can rot the fascia and lead to structural damage, so do not wait for the next storm.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed to before work starts, never on the invoice. Downspout flushing and debris haul-off are included in the number we give you.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
