Our own crew cleans gutters for homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and debris hauled away, every run left clean, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and whether you want to clean your gutters now or after a storm, we are glad to give you a number from a photo of the front of the house.
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. Our gutter services cover residential and commercial buildings, and we set the number from those three things over the phone or by text, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but the stories and the state of the gutter matter more than the length on most houses.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment, and a walk-out basement puts the back run far above the ground. Gutters that nobody has opened in years take longer to get clean. They come out packed with compacted leaves, a clog and a buildup that has been forming for a season. Guards we have to lift and reseat take extra time as well. We flush every downspout, check the water flow, and include debris removal, never billed as an extra. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how a visit usually goes. The crew found a two-story house with heavy leaf load on the back run and a drainage path that had backed up under the eave. The sag in the front run was caught before the next storm, and once the run was clean the downspout flush showed water flow restored at the outlet. The quote stayed the same from the phone call to the invoice, because we had the stories and the tree cover right the first time. Residential properties and commercial properties both get the same straight answer from us: we tell you what the gutter needs, and we charge what we quoted.
| 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 Gardendale homes book cleanings twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once from November to early December after the last leaves come down. Spring visits run mid to late April across Alabama, and the fall visit has to land before the first hard freeze, because freeze risk is real here. When we open a gutter in late April we find seeds and pollen paste packed in the elbows, and in November it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out before the rainwater can move. A run that goes into winter clean drains better in spring, and the ones left full often sag or pull loose.
Under heavy tree cover, we see needles, twig and grit pack the runs between visits, so those lots go on a shorter schedule. Clogged downspouts are the usual reason a run overflows in a storm, and few or no trees means a single visit in late fall is usually enough. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be clean, because the mat sits on top of the guard and the water never gets in. Our crew checks the roofline at each visit to catch a blockage before it turns into a leak.
Gardendale al homes do not all need the same schedule, and we do not guess. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in writing on the report with photos of every run. Regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to get through heavy rainfall. Keep your gutters clear between visits and you protect your home from water damage. A clean run is what keeps the schedule short. The gutters and outlets are where water either leaves the house or starts to cause structural damage, so we plan the calendar around what we find 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 cleaned gutters in several neighborhoods nearby, and we work the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Gardendale homeowners book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and we quote from stories, house size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we confirm a date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop fill the schedule quickly, so book early if you can. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. A clean gutter system keeps water away from your home, and that is the goal of every visit.
If you have a homeowner question about the process, we are happy to walk through it on the phone before you book. The cleaning process is the same on every house: flush every downspout, check the runs, haul what comes out and photograph the result. Gutter maintenance across Gardendale and nearby follows those steps, and our gutter services cover cleaning and maintenance on the same visit so nothing is left for the next storm. We get your gutters back to draining properly and every run left clean, and you get the report to keep.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Gardendale price residential homes and commercial properties the same way. We do not quote a figure without those details, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop have finished. If you wait until winter, the fall leaves freeze into the runs and the ice dams can pull a run loose by March. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which month fits your lot.
We confirm a date when you call, and most slots come up within the week during the busy windows. Same-day availability depends on the calendar that day, so we will tell you honestly what we have.
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, and the crew leaves the lot as clean as they found it.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested until it runs clean at the outlet. If a line drains underground and needs clearing, we tell you and quote that separately, before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards keep the big leaves out, but on a wooded landscape the needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and turn to a mat that stops the water. We lift the panels, clean the surface and reseat them, and the visit is usually shorter than an open gutter.
A clean rain gutter that still spills in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, and left alone that can turn into structural damage, including fascia rot. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
It should not. For regular gutter cleaning, the quote covers the stories, size and what we expected to find. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we raise it and agree on it before any work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
