Our own crew cleans gutters in Birmingham, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so the gutter comes away clean. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most homeowners here book with us in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule with them for years. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
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, its square footage, and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, which keeps the invoice clean. Some companies price by the linear foot and land in a similar place per foot, but on our Birmingham homes the house itself decides the number, not the length of the run.
What moves a quote most often is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck and years of buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Cleaning the gutters and downspouts, flow testing and the haul-away are included in the price and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
When a run sags, we flag it, photograph it and quote the cleaning apart from any repair, since we do not perform repairs ourselves, and a clog left in the gutter or clogged downspouts at the low end usually cut the water flow until the fascia begins to rot and structural damage follows.
| 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 customers here book twice a year, so clean your gutters once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Alabama, the spring visit falls in mid to late April, and gutters that look clean from the ground often hold a season of seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig packed into the elbows. That is the clog or blockage that backs rainwater up behind the roofline, and heavy rainfall shows the problem fast. In November it is the wet leaf mat, with leaves packed at the outlets, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag by late winter.
Under heavy tree cover, a rain gutter fills faster, and those customers are on a three to four month schedule because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Residential properties with few or no trees do fine with one full clean in late fall, and debris removal is part of every visit. Guards mean fewer cleanings a year, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check the water flow at the outlets each time. The same schedule applies to commercial properties under the same canopy, and residential and commercial work runs on this calendar too. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the rest of the year follows from there.
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 provided gutter cleaning services across the older neighborhoods and newer developments nearby, and we cover Birmingham and the surrounding areas from the nearest base without fuss. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and how much tree cover you have, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Birmingham gutter cleaning is booked on a confirmed date, and lead time depends on the week, so call (866) 435-6328 when you have the details. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, so it helps to book ahead.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you book cleanings on the spring and fall visits, you move water away from your home before it turns into stains, soft fascia or a basement that smells of standing water. Keeping your gutters on that schedule is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage, and the cleaning and maintenance visits catch a problem early. A leak that starts behind the fascia is usually the first sign a run has been full too long. A gutter cleaning service booked early gets the better open dates, and a homeowner can also sign up for regular gutter cleaning and other gutter services on a set schedule.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and its square footage, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house on a flat lot and one on a steep slope can run very different times on the ladder.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. On the spring visit we clear the seeds and pollen, and on the fall visit we clear the leaves and debris before the first freeze. Waiting past the fall visit is where we see runs sag by late winter.
Same-day depends on the week and on what we have open. Our cleaning services in Birmingham run on confirmed dates, so we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the busy windows.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Ladder stand-offs keep each ladder off the gutter lip, and the crew works around your landscape. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the outlet to see water is leaving, so the run is clean at the bottom. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line and the water is not getting out, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, guards still need attention, because gutter guards keep out leaves but not the needles, seed casings and grit that settle on top and wash into the gutter system, so they change the gutter maintenance you need rather than end it. On our jobs we lift the panels, clean underneath, flush every downspout and reseat the guards.
If the gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain, it is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning issue. Send us a photo or 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.
It should not. A clean quote holds, and it is one of the frequently asked questions we hear most. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
