Our crew cleans the gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. 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 the invoice. Across Alabama 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 how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. A homeowner gets a number over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the roofline decide most of the figure on our jobs.
Here is what moves a quote when our crew gets on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof that we cannot walk changes the setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted leaves and wet grit, and the crew has to clean the trough by hand before the downspout can be checked. A sag in a long run adds time as well, since the low spot has to be cleared before the trough can drain water away from the house. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the quotes that run highest are the ones where the gutters were full of wet material for a long stretch, a clog had set hard at the elbow of a downspout, and the water flow was already backing up at the corners. The crew clears those in the order it finds them and tells you what it found before the bill is written. If a run has pulled loose enough to suggest structural damage, the crew photographs it and tells you before anything else. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can usually give you the number on the same call.
| 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, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Calls for residential and commercial work both start on the same line, and for commercial properties we say on the call whether the job fits our crew.
Across Alabama the spring visit lands in mid to late April, and on our jobs when we open a gutter here that time of year we find seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows and a pollen paste sitting in the rain gutter. In fall, usually November to early December, it is the leaf load: leaves from the trees, and on the houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March. Hauling the bagged material away is part of every visit, and the bags are carried off the property.
Under heavy tree cover we see customers on a tighter schedule than the twice-a-year pattern, because needles, grit and the occasional twig pack the gutters between visits and a blockage can form faster than the rainwater can clear it. For residential properties with few or no trees, one visit a year in late fall works well. Gutters with guards still need the surface kept clean, and that visit usually comes less often.
Plenty of our customers come back to us because a clog shows up in the middle of a wet season. The way to get ahead of it is to clean your gutters on the schedule that matches your lot, and regular gutter cleaning keeps the water flow moving through heavy rainfall. 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.
Our gutter cleaning service covers huntsville al and the surrounding areas. Booking runs by phone or text, and you can call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar. We ask about stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Tree cover and the landscape around the house shape how often the gutters fill, so we ask about both. We call before we come to clean, and a homeowner does not need to be home for the visit.
For homeowners, calling early means more choice of date, since our calendar fills in two busy windows each year, spring and fall, so book early if your heart is set on a particular week. We are glad to give you the honest lead time when you call. We clean the whole gutter system on every visit, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Repeat cleanings are booked from the notes on the first visit, which keeps cleaning and maintenance on a steady schedule. If the crew finds a small leak at a joint, it is photographed and reported. Other gutter services are quoted separately and never added to a cleaning without your say. The aim is to keep your gutters clean and clear and to protect your home from water damage before the next storm, not just to fill the schedule.
We do not quote a figure off the page. For a two-story house, the number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and a gutter that looks clean from the ground can still hide a full trough. We give the number by phone or text, and it is the number on the invoice.
Our customers book two visits a year. Across Alabama the spring visit lands in mid to late April and catches the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in November to early December catches the leaf load before the freeze. Wait past fall and the sagging runs we see by March tend to cost more to correct.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in huntsville, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless a slot is open that day.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside work only: the crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see each run came out clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we clean out and flush every downspout, and we check the drainage at the outlet so you know water is leaving. The crew checks both, since gutters and downspouts are one system. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often. Under guards on our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top and grit underneath, and the crew keeps the surface clean and checks that water is getting in. Guards do not replace gutter maintenance, so plan on a visit anyway.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a dirty-gutter problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is and whether the water is being carried away from your home before it can cause rot. 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, never after. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the number.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
