Our own crew gets your gutters clean. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the leaves away, and send 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 spring and fall bookings have been on the calendar for years, so we have learned what a local gutter actually holds when the seasons turn.
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. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but on our jobs the stories and the buildup do most of the work. For Leeds homeowners, a two-story house with a light leaf load and a three-story house packed with seed casings are not the same job, even at the same square footage.
What moves the quote most often on our jobs is a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, which means more time on the boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted buildup and take longer to clear, and a clog that has been building since the last visit takes longer still. Clogged downspouts on Leeds homes add time too, since one plug at an elbow holds up the whole run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A seam that has started to leak is a separate call, and we flag it on site before the ladder goes up. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent job, the house had two stories, a moderate tree canopy, and gutters that had gone several seasons without a visit. What we found was a clog at the first elbow of the back run and a sag where rainwater had been sitting behind the rain gutter instead of running water away from the house for months, which is the kind of structural damage that starts small and gets expensive. We flushed the clogged run until water ran clear at the outlet, cleared the leaves and debris from the full length, and sent the photos before we left. Once that run was cleared, the drainage ran clean. The quote was the number we gave on the phone, and nothing on the invoice was a surprise.
| 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 to clean your gutters, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. In spring the seeds and pollen form a paste that packs the elbows of each downspout, and a gutter that looks clean from the ground can still be holding water. In fall the leaf load is heavy and wet, and a gutter that goes into winter full will overflow at the first hard rain. Where we work, the wettest months are January, March and June, so the timing of the visit matters more than most homeowners expect.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the gutters, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the gutters between visits. A home with few or no trees does well with a single visit each year in late fall. Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the seasonal buildup from turning into a repair, and a clean run is cheaper than a rebuild. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleared, because a wet mat of leaves on top of the guard will shed water over the front edge. Cleaning and maintenance go together on a gutter system, and gutter maintenance that skips either one leaves the job half done. A gutter service call is the right time to ask about the guard too.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and on the house. A clean first visit gives us the baseline. Most of the time that is twice a year. Some lots need more, and a few need less, and we would rather tell you that from the ladder than guess from the street. The same tier check applies to residential properties and commercial properties, and the photo report goes out for residential and commercial jobs alike.
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 worked across Leeds AL and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your home's size and whether the house is under trees, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar and we will name the first open slot. Leeds gutter cleaning books early in the busy weeks, so call ahead. The two busy windows are spring and fall, when most Leeds homeowners in the area book their visits, so those dates fill first. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Keep your gutters clean and working through the seasons with regular cleanings, and you protect your home from water damage at the eaves and the foundation.
Every one of our gutter services covers the gutters and downspouts from end to end, with every downspout flushed, checked for water flow at the outlet, and the leaves hauled away from your home. The crew leaves the property clean. Booking a gutter cleaning service with us takes one phone call or one text. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit, from the first ladder check to the photos. If you have questions about how the crew approaches a particular house, ask when you book and we will answer before anyone climbs a ladder.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you over the phone or by text. We do not quote a range without those details, because two two-story houses can need very different visits.
Most of our customers book in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the leaves are down. Across Alabama, the usual spring window is mid to late April and the fall window is November to early December. If you wait past the fall visit, we find sag and ice-related strain on the runs by March on houses that skipped it, and a gutter that goes into winter clean is far less likely to overflow.
Same-day depends on our calendar that day, so call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the first open date while you are on the line. Most slots come up within the week during the quieter months. Our cleaning services in Leeds run off one calendar, so the date we confirm on the phone is the date we keep.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The crew leaves the yard clean when the truck pulls out. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the outlet. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but a twig, a seed casing or a needle still gets through, and grit mats on top of the guard. We clean the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, and the job usually runs shorter than an open gutter.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem rather than a blockage, and water left at the fascia can rot the board. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
