Our own crew cleans gutters around here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled off, and photos of every run on your phone before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, 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 we can give you a firm date once we talk.
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. Quotes for this work come from those three things, given over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. We aim for a clean, written estimate before anyone climbs a ladder. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and the state of the gutters drive the number more than the length does.
What moves a quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the roofline. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted grit, and a clog that has sat for a season takes longer to clear than a light one. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Drain flushing, flow testing and hauling away what came out are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Homeowners with decatur homes and the residential and commercial properties we clean in the area see the same pattern: the gutter that looks fine from the driveway is often holding a clog in the back run. On our jobs we flush every downspout and watch the water flow until it runs clear, so the debris removal is part of the same visit, and the sag or drainage problem gets reported to you in writing. That is the core of regular gutter cleaning, and it is why the quote covers the whole gutter cleaning services visit instead of just the trough.
When our crew opens a gutter with buildup we see water flow backing up behind the front edge, and that is the first warning that a home is headed for water damage. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule that protects the house, call (866) 435-6328 for a quote from the stories, size and tree cover, and we will tell you what the visit will cost before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 decatur al book twice a year. Across Alabama the spring visit falls in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down. On our jobs the spring visit clears the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste from the elbows, and the fall visit clears the leaves and debris before they pack into clogged downspouts, leaving the gutters clean before the wet winter months. Each of these cleanings covers the gutters and downspouts from top to bottom.
Gutter clog problems tend to start in the rainy months. Rainfall here totals roughly 58 inches a year, with the wettest stretch in January, February and December. When we open a gutter here in late winter we often find the runs holding a blockage that started in the fall, and water flow is the first thing that shows it, with water running over the edge instead of out of the downspout. A twig or seed casing lodged in an elbow is often the start of it. Rainwater that cannot leave the gutter line sits behind the fascia, and that is how a small leak starts and the fascia can begin to rot behind the trim. Clear gutters move rainwater away from your home instead of letting it sit at the eave. Left alone, a clogged run can turn into structural damage.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the gutters clear, because needles and grit pack into the drains between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, and we do that less often. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we flush every downspout so you can see what came out.
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 offer decatur gutter cleaning for residential properties and small commercial buildings, and our crew works the surrounding areas from the nearest base on the same schedule. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: give us the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. We give a quote from those answers, and we confirm the date once it is set. A homeowner who wants the number before the crew shows up gets it by phone. We also offer gutter services for any home that wants a visit on the calendar before the rain.
The calendar fills in two busy windows of the year, in spring and in late fall, so the earlier you call the easier it is to get the slot you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. A clean gutter cleaning process starts with the call, moves to the visit, and ends with photos of every run. Every visit is a chance to protect your home from water damage.
Many homeowners ask us to get your gutters on the same day they call, and we will tell you what the next open slot is when you phone in. Keep your gutters working through heavy rainfall by booking the visit before the rain season, and we will handle the rest, including the cleaning and maintenance checks that go with each visit. Ongoing gutter maintenance is set on the first visit, so you know the next date before we leave. Every visit ends with a clean trough and photos of each run to prove it.
Pricing comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text from those answers. We offer cleaning services in decatur for homes and small commercial buildings. We do not quote a figure without knowing the house, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in April and again in late fall. If you wait past the leaf drop, the fall load packs into the drains and we find more blockage on the visit. Booking before the leaves drop keeps the gutters clean through the winter.
Most slots open up within the week across decatur, and we confirm a date when you call. We will tell you the next open window on the phone.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water carry away from the foundation to the outlet, and we note where it lands, whether the driveway or a landscape bed. A buried drain line that needs clearing is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. A gutter system with gutter guards still needs attention. On our jobs we find needles, leaves and seed pods sitting on top of the guards, with roof grit underneath, so the surface still needs clearing, though less often than an open gutter.
A rain gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or drain-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Only if the job changes, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
