Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Montgomery. We flush every downspout, flow-test it, haul the waste away, and send photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, house size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that has been true for every season we have worked here. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and we will leave your gutters clean.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the job is measured.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and the lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the gutter line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold a heavy buildup of compacted muck that has to be worked out by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has seen the same pattern with Montgomery homes that have heavy tree cover. A house under a full canopy fills its gutters with leaves and seed casings faster than one in the open, and the clog often shows up first at the low end of the run, where leaves and debris settle and block the water flow. Once the clogged downspouts are flushed and the trough is clean, the drainage holds and the gutter carries the water away from your home instead of spilling over the edge. That is the difference a clean rain gutter makes on a wet afternoon.
Residential and commercial properties follow the same logic, though the scope is different. We price each building on its own footprint, access and the number of outlets, and the same clog and fascia problems show up in the same places. Where a run has started to sag, the cleaning does not fix the structural damage behind it, and we photograph that and report it rather than call it a cleaning job.
| 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 Montgomery AL book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. If you clean your gutters only once a year, make it the fall visit. Across Alabama, the spring visit falls in mid to late April, and when we open a gutter then we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. Here the fall visit runs November to early December, and when we open a gutter in December we often find a wet leaf mat that has started to rot in place.
Freeze risk is part of the fall visit here. The first ice and the ice dams that form at the roofline are what we look for on that visit, because a run that skipped the fall cleaning and held water through the cold often droops or pulls loose by March. Spring and fall are the two windows where a gutter cleaning service earns its keep on this lot, and a regular gutter cleaning schedule keeps the clog from forming between cleanings. Rain totals about 54.6 inches a year here, and the wettest months are March, July and December, so heavy rainfall lands on a full gutter.
The interval shifts with the trees. On residential properties under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, our customers are on every three to four months, because leaves and grit pack the outlets between visits and the rainwater backs up sooner. A house with few or no trees usually needs a single visit in late fall. Gutter guards change the gutter maintenance work but do not remove it: the surface still needs clearing, and we do it less often than on an open gutter.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs. The estimate comes from what the crew finds in the gutter, the eave line and the outlets, not from a generic schedule, and it lets you plan the visit around the actual blockage rather than the calendar, so you can keep a clean gutter between visits.
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.
Montgomery gutter cleaning comes from the nearest base, and we keep the crew moving through the city and the surrounding areas. We offer gutter services to homes in those areas, and the gutter cleaning process works the way it sounds: you call or text, we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead times depend on the calendar, and the busiest windows are the same two seasons, spring and fall, when most customers want the visit.
We call before we come and nobody needs to be home. If you want to keep your gutters clean between visits, tell us when you book and we will note the tier on your file. Our crew is the one that does the work, so the person who gives you the quote is usually the person who meets you at the gate, which helps when a homeowner has questions about the building or the drainage. Whatever the tier, we aim to protect your home from water damage by catching the clog before a leak reaches the fascia and the foundation. To book, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text before you commit to get your gutters on the schedule. A two-story house with a standard layout is one of the more predictable quotes we make. The figure you get on the call is the figure on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the last leaves. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can drag the run out of level by March. A clean run going into winter avoids that, and we find that damage on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Our cleaning services in Montgomery depend on the calendar that week. Across Montgomery, most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
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 site clean.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested as part of the cleaning. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Guards keep out the leaves, but they do not replace cleaning and maintenance. On our jobs we find a fallen twig, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat gets wet, water runs over the front edge. We clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem in the gutter system, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it is. 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 it and agree to it before they start, never after the work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
