Our own crew cleans gutters on local homes, flushes every run and flow-tests it, hauls the mess off, and takes photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Alabama, most of our customers book in spring and fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Mountain Brook gutter cleaning depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run count is known.
What moves a quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. We flush every downspout, because clogged downspouts are one of the first places water backs up. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Mountain Brook homes we see the same pattern: a gutter with a clog at the elbow backs up, the water finds the fascia and wood rot starts, and by the next season there is structural damage that costs far more than keeping the gutter clean. Standing water in a sagging run is the first sign, and the crew photographs it so you see it too. Our crew checks the drainage at each outlet so the water away from your home lands clear of the landscape beds. When we find a sag or a seam that is starting to leak, we report it and leave the decision with you. We do not repair or install gutters, so that call is yours.
We clean the rain gutter system on residential properties, and on commercial properties too. Both residential and commercial jobs follow the same rules: flushed, measured, photographed, and left clean. Once leaves and debris sit in a gutter for a season, with twig pieces mixed in, they knit into a dense mat, and that mat is what keeps rainwater from reaching the outlet.
| 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 Mountain Brook AL book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves. On that schedule, regular gutter cleaning keeps the gutters clear through the rainy months and catches anything that built up over the summer. Rainfall runs about 58.1 inches a year here, and February, March and June are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall in those months is when a clog does the most damage.
In spring the trouble is seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the leaf load off the trees and the mulch from the landscape beds, and if the house sits where freezing weather arrives, the first ice can form at the eave. We have opened runs in March on houses that skipped the fall visit, and the gutter maintenance gap showed up as sags that started under that ice. A clog that sits all winter becomes a blockage that holds rainwater against the roofline, and the joints start to leak.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between cleanings. Few or no trees and a once-a-year clean in late fall is enough for most lots. Gutter guards cut the frequency, but they still need the surface cleared.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to set up that first look, and we will tell you how often to clean your gutters after it.
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 service runs out of the nearest base, and the crew works across Mountain Brook on the same route. Booking for our gutter services runs by phone or text: give us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the gutters and downspouts from the front of the house if it is easy to take. We confirm a window and call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Spring and fall are the busy windows, when most homeowners look at their gutters at once and our calendar fills quickly. Book early in those months if you want a specific date, and keep your gutters on a steady schedule once you start. Our crew keeps a homeowner's photo record on file so the next visit starts from a clean baseline. That record makes cleaning and maintenance easier to plan, and it helps you protect your home from water damage without guessing at the condition of the gutters from one season to the next.
If you have a commercial building or a home in the surrounding areas, we can take those on too. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will get your gutters on a confirmed date.
The number comes from your stories and square footage, plus how much buildup is in the gutters. Give us those by phone or text and we quote it on the spot. The quote is the number we charge.
Across Alabama, our spring visits run mid to late April, and our fall visits here usually fall between November and early December. If you wait past the leaf drop, the runs are packed and the water is slower to drain. Call (866) 435-6328 to set a date.
Most slots come up within the week for regular gutter maintenance, and we confirm the exact date when you call. Same-day is possible only when our calendar has an opening that day.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, and the crew does not come into the house. You get a photo record of each run on your phone once they finish. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every run and check that the water exits at the outlet. If a line runs underground, we check where it empties, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before we start.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and mat down over time, so we still clean the surface and check that water is getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video taken during heavy rainfall and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree before any work starts. The number we give you when you get your gutters quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
