Our own crew gets gutters clean in Muscle Shoals. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, the mess is hauled off, and you get 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. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep that calendar on purpose.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Some companies sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place for a standard drainage run. The job does not change in our hands either way, and the goal is to get the water away from the house before it causes structural damage.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on the ladder. A walk-out basement that puts the back run twenty-four feet up does the same. Gutters nobody has opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves and debris, and a clog at the first elbow means the crew works the run from the top. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and a gutter system with guards on every run takes longer than an open one. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and the trough is left clean. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Take a typical call. A rain gutter that has collected buildup for a couple of seasons, with clogged downspouts at both ends and a run that has started to sag away from the fascia board, is quoted from what the caller describes. We ask about water flow at the outlet before we quote, because that is where a clog shows up first. The crew clears the buildup, flushes the run and reseats the hangers, and the quote holds because we priced the three things we could see from the phone call.
On houses we clean across Alabama, the three things a caller tells us, plus a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, are enough for us to quote the job accurately. That applies to Muscle Shoals homes and to every homeowner who calls. A call about commercial properties gets the same first step, a text photo of the gutter run, and we tell you whether the job fits our crew.
| 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 Muscle Shoals AL book a gutter cleaning service twice a year, in spring and fall. 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 come down.
When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and the wet leaf mat holds rainwater against the roofline and turns into a clog at the outlet. Rainfall runs about 58.4 inches a year here, with February, March and December the wettest months, and freeze risk is real, so a wet mat that stays in the trough can turn to ice at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sagged or pulled loose by the time March came around, and a leak at the seam is usually the first sign.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, our customers are on regular gutter cleaning every three to four months, because the needles and grit make a blockage in the elbows between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for the debris removal. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleared.
Here is a pair from our own schedule. One customer with no trees on the lot is on a once-a-year plan, and the crew finds little more than a light leaf layer each fall. Another, under a heavy canopy in their neighborhood, is on a three-to-four-month schedule, and the runs need flushing at each visit. Both are logged on the job pages with what we found.
After the first visit we give you an estimate for which tier your lot actually needs. If you want us to clean your gutters on a set schedule, we will set the interval after that visit. Residential properties under heavy tree cover are where a set schedule keeps the runs clean most of the year. For a building that is residential and commercial at once, call first and we will tell you whether it fits our schedule.
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.
Muscle Shoals gutter cleaning is done by our own crew, and we have cleaned gutters in the neighborhoods where our customers are. From our nearest base we also cover the surrounding areas.
Booking is simple. Call us at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote the job from your stories, your size and your tree cover. Our gutter services are priced to protect your home from water damage, and the lead time depends on the week, so we will tell you the first open date when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months keeps your slot. Text us a photo of your gutters between cleanings, even if a twig is stuck in the elbow, and we will tell you what we see. We check the gutters and downspouts for a leak, and we keep your gutters clean while we are working on the house.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, wherever the house sits across Muscle Shoals. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we quote it from those three things. The quote we give is the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and in late fall. Across Alabama the spring visit falls in mid to late April, when we find seeds and pollen in the elbows, and in fall the leaf load and the wet mat that holds water in the trough. Waiting past the fall visit, which runs November to early December, is when we find runs that have sagged by March, and the wood behind them can rot.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Ask for the first open date and we will help you get your gutters on the calendar. Our cleaning services in Muscle Shoals book the same way, whether it is a first visit or ongoing gutter maintenance.
No. Our crew works outside, keeps the ladders away from your home, and does not come inside. We send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves at the outlet, clear of the landscape beds, as part of our cleaning and maintenance visit. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often. The gutter cleaning process under guards starts with lifting the panels. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and roof grit that pass through and mat on top, so the surface still needs clearing and the gutter system still needs flushing at the elbows.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video during heavy rainfall, and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, so the number you were quoted is the number on the invoice. The same rule holds for every residential property we clean.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
