Our own crew cleans gutters in Chelsea, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, all of it hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but as a homeowner you should get one figure for the whole house, not a multiplication problem.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and muck and take real time to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, because the whole point is to get the rain water away from your home. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Chelsea homes, the same pattern shows up again and again. In the heavy-canopy stretches, a gutter that looks clear from the driveway can still have clogged downspouts, a clog two feet down the run, a sag where the hangers pulled, a leak at a seam, and buildup at the elbows that holds water back. Our crew goes through every run of the gutter system, not only the part you can see. We treat residential and commercial jobs the same way: clean the gutters first, flush every downspout, and confirm the water flow before we come down.
Customers who book regular gutter cleaning tend to find the lot needs less work over time, because the buildup never gets the chance to set. We keep the notes from each visit so the next one starts from what we already know. That is the simplest way to lower the cost of gutter cleaning services across a year, and it is the easiest way to decide when to clean your gutters.
| 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 Chelsea AL book twice a year. Across Alabama, spring visits land in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and fall visits run November to early December, after the last leaves are down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and we clean them out before the summer storms. In fall it is leaves and grit, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March, which is where structural damage starts once ice gets onto the shingles.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see work, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits and the rainwater backs up behind the gutter. Chelsea averages 58.5 inches of rain a year, with February, March and July the wettest months, so a clog that starts in winter shows up fast. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough, though one stray twig can still start a clog. Near a busy road or a construction site, the grit moves faster than you would expect, so those lots are on the shorter cycle too. The landscape around a house sets the schedule more than the age of the roof does.
Every one of our cleanings gets the same check: the blockage is cleared, the gutters and downspouts are checked, and the estimate for the next visit is written on the job sheet. Regular visits help protect your home from water damage, and the rhythm of those visits is what does it. It is the reason we ask you to keep your gutters on a schedule of gutter maintenance rather than waiting for overflow. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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.
We work across Chelsea and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the crew does not need a special route to reach you. Chelsea gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, your home's size and your tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Lead time is set by the calendar, and we will tell you the next open date when you call. We serve residential properties and commercial properties with the same crew.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you ask, the sooner you can get your gutters on the calendar. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date with you. Nobody needs to be home, because we call before we come. Our crew handles cleaning and maintenance on the same visit and explains each step before the ladder goes up. Wherever the work takes place, the gutter cleaning process stays the same. The crew starts at the top of the roof and works down, so a clean run is never undone by anything falling from above.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you a figure for gutter services at your address by phone or text. We do not quote a range here; we quote your house. The figure we give you is the figure on the invoice.
Across Alabama, spring visits land in mid to late April and fall visits run November to early December. Most of our customers book both. In April we find seed and pollen packed into the runs. In November we clean out the leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag by March.
We run cleaning services across Chelsea on one calendar, so same-day depends on the week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call (866) 435-6328 so you know exactly when we will clean your gutters.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and will clean every run, then sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The same goes for commercial properties. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed. Once the trough is clean, we watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that drainage is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts it.
Yes. Gutter guards keep most of the leaves and debris out, but needles, seed balls and grit still settle on top and turn into a wet mat that sheds water over the edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush each downspout, reseat the guards, and check the fascia for rot while we are up there.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not the buildup. Send us a short video of your rain gutter 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The quote on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
