Our own crew cleans gutters in Athens, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and the runs left clean with photos of each one before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and the last leaves have finished coming down.
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 sitting in the gutters, and how clean the gutters were left after the last visit. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, which is how Athens homes get a number before the crew arrives, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but on our jobs the stories and the amount of buildup do most of the work.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep 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 back wall, and weak water flow at the low end adds time to the visit. Gutters nobody has opened in years take longer to get clean, since the mess is packed down, and clogged downspouts that have sat for a season take more time to clear than light ones. Guards we have to lift and reseat add to the visit, and a twig jammed in an elbow gets cleared by hand. Flushing each drain pipe, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, and you approve it first.
Stories and tree cover set the number before the crew arrives, and that number holds. Once each run is clean, we flush every downspout and photograph it so the owner can see the change. A photo of the front of the house by text helps us confirm the number before the visit.
Gutter cleaning services are priced the same way for residential and commercial work, with the building's size and access doing the work of the stories. Our gutter services follow the same quote, so a homeowner and a property manager see the same number. For residential properties we do not hold a number back for the phone call. If you want a written estimate we will send one, and if you want to book a date we will hold it. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the gutters clean between visits, which is one reason we suggest scheduling it rather than waiting for a clog.
| 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.
Athens AL homes do well with two visits a year. Clean your gutters at the spring visit, mid to late April across Alabama, after the seed and pollen drop, and again at the fall visit, November to early December, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter in the spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the drain pipes are the first place it backs up. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by the next winter, which is how a small clog turns into rot and structural damage.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the eaves, leaves and debris, seeds, grit and the odd twig pack the drain pipes between visits, and the blockage builds faster than a twice-yearly schedule can keep up with, so those customers book more often than twice a year. On a landscape with few or no trees near the house, a yearly visit in the fall is usually enough. Homes with gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be clean when we arrive, since the grit that sits on top of a guard is what turns into a clog underneath.
This is the schedule that keeps rainwater moving off the roofline and eaves, and carries water away from the foundation. It is the same schedule that will protect your home from water damage in the wettest months, January, March and December. Our crew does the work across Athens and the surrounding areas, and each gutter system is booked around that calendar so the visit lands before the buildup does. If you are unsure which tier fits your lot, we will tell you after the first visit, once we have seen what is actually in the gutters and where the drain pipes run. Keep your gutters on a schedule that matches the trees, and each rain gutter stays a quick rinse and haul instead of a rebuild.
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.
Athens gutter cleaning is booked one visit at a time, so we confirm each date when you call. Our cleaning services in Athens cover gutters and downspouts on the whole house, and booking starts with a quote by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send, and a note on whether the gutters look clean or full. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot keep. Those are the two windows to plan around: the spring visit runs mid to late April across Alabama, and the fall visit runs November to early December.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our cleanings end with photos of every run on your phone. For a homeowner with gutter guards and a few trees, this is usually the easiest kind of booking to make. For a homeowner with heavy rainfall on the calendar or a lot that stays wet, we will try to get the visit in before the next storm, because a clog of leaves and grit that gets wet and stays wet is a bigger job to clear and can start a leak and rot at the fascia. We want the water running away from your home instead of sitting in the trough. Gutter maintenance bookings follow the same process for commercial properties, so a property manager and a homeowner both go through the same quote and the same confirmation.
If you want to get your gutters cleaned for the first time, or you are ready to start a regular cleaning and maintenance schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutter edge and we will give you a written estimate and a date to hold. That is the gutter cleaning process we follow on every job we book, from the first call to the photos on your phone.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it by phone or text once we know those. Flushing the drain pipes and hauling the mess away are both in that figure, so you know the cost before the crew pulls up.
The spring visit runs mid to late April across Alabama, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the leaves are down. The wettest months here are January, March and December, and a skipped fall visit is what shows up as sagging runs once the freeze hits.
We confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Athens run on the same booking path for every visit, and we will tell you the earliest open day when you ask. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the calendar with you.
No. The crew works the outside of the house only, and photos of every run reach your phone before the crew pulls out. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep the path clear, and keep pets indoors during the visit.
Yes, every drain pipe gets flushed, and a clogged drain pipe is worked from the top until the water runs clean out the outlet and the drainage carries water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, guards keep most leaves out, but a stray twig, seed or grit still settles on top and turns into a clog. The surface still has to be cleared, which is part of routine gutter maintenance, usually on a longer schedule, so the gutter can stay clean underneath.
When a rain gutter runs clean and still spills in a storm, the cause is usually pitch or outlet size in the gutter system, not the buildup. Call us with what you are seeing, ideally a photo or short video taken in the rain, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning to fix a pitch problem.
It should not. The quote is built from stories, size and tree cover. If the crew finds something that changes the job, they stop and call you, and nothing goes ahead without your yes.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
