Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts on Homewood homes, every run flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we know what the season leaves in the gutters. A clean run is what you get back, and the photos show it.
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 the condition of the gutter system. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Every homeowner gets the same questions, and companies that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, though we do not quote that way. This page covers residential properties only.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once it is up the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. A rain gutter that has not been opened in years is often packed with a compacted leaf mat, and a clog like that needs more hours than a clean job with only fresh leaves in it. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing the drains, flow testing and hauling it away are included and are never billed as extras. Clearing the drainage path and sending the water away from the fascia is part of the quoted price, and if anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the houses with the most work tend to be ones where the gutter has sat with leaves and debris for a full season, and where the outlet has been slowly backing up. One of our recent visits involved a two-story house with a long back run and a mat of leaves that had settled into the trough. The water flow at the far corner had been poor for a while, and clearing it took the crew most of an afternoon. We photographed the run, flushed it until water ran clear at the bottom, and noted a small sag near the corner for you to see. We left the trough clean and the run flowing. Tell us the stories and size on the phone and we will give you the number then, and our gutter cleaning services are quoted the same way.
| 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 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 have come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of each run, and clogged downspouts with winter buildup. In fall it is the leaf load, and the wet mat that forms before the cold sets in. February, March and June are our wettest months, so rainwater that has nowhere to go shows up fast. Our crew also watches for ice on colder years, because a trough still holding water in a hard freeze can form ice dams at the eave, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March. Both visits leave the trough clean and clear any blockage at the outlet, and a small leak at a seam is often the first sign of trouble.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers are usually on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site, the same schedule applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Guards, when a house has them, mean less frequent cleaning of the trough itself, but the surface still needs clearing. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the trough clean and stops a clog from turning into structural damage in the fascia. Gutter maintenance is a schedule, not a one-time job, and homes in the surrounding areas with the same tree cover follow the same rhythm.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Gutter cleaning service on your schedule is simple to set up. The gutter cleaning process is a quote by phone, a date, and photos of the run when we are done, and the first visit sets a clean baseline for the rest of the year. Cleaning and maintenance then follows the tier we set for your lot.
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 works across Homewood AL and the surrounding areas, and we run out of the nearest base, so you will not wait on a long drive before we start. Homewood gutter cleaning starts with a quote from stories, size and tree cover. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the house front, or ask us to book a date if you already know the week you want. Debris removal is included, twig and leaf alike, and we leave the run clean. Lead time depends on the season, and the busiest windows are the spring and fall visits, when our calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, and you can stay inside while we work the outside.
The easiest way to get your gutters done is to book before the seed drop in spring or before the leaves fall in autumn. If you wait until the trough is already overflowing, you may be pushed back a week or two. Booking early means a clean run before the next storm, and it helps protect your home from water damage by keeping rainwater out of the fascia you cannot see from the ground. Keep your gutters working through the year, and clean your gutters on a schedule so the expensive surprise of water damage in the wall never shows up. Our gutter services run the same way all year, one visit after another, and each of the cleanings is booked the same way. This page is written for residential properties, and questions about commercial properties or residential and commercial work go to the same phone line.
Homeowners here get a number built from stories and size, not a fixed rate. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will quote it, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Across Alabama, spring visits usually fall in mid to late April, and most of our customers here book the fall visit in November, after the leaves are down. If you wait past that, we find the clog built up and the water flow already compromised. February, March and June are our wettest months, and heavy rainfall in those months makes the timing matter more.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Homewood fill by date, so if you need to be on the calendar sooner, tell us when you call and we will check what we have.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and every outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. The crew leaves the landscape the way they found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a line drains underground, we check that the water is leaving at the outlet and carrying it away from your home, and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards keep most whole leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and can turn into a wet mat that stops the water from getting in. We lift the panels, clean underneath, and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, it usually has a slope or pipe-size problem rather than a clog. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. If water is also dripping from a seam or the fascia feels soft, that is rot and a repair, and we tell you so. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice. The quote we give on the phone is the price we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
