Our own crew cleans gutters in Pelham, 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Pelham customers book in spring and fall, and we have been on those roofs enough to know why.
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. Homeowners get the same rule on every job, so a homeowner can check the quote against the invoice. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we would rather you know the whole number before we get on the ladder.
On our Pelham homes, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves and grit, and a run that has started to sag slows the drainage at its low spot. That buildup means more hand work per run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal come with the price for the whole gutter system, and none of it is billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
A clog in the gutter system usually shows itself as weak water flow at the outlet and water coming over the back edge during heavy rainfall, not out of the downspout. A leak at a joint or a gutter pulled off its hangers can look the same from the ground. The crew checks the run, clears the blockage and flushes the outlet until it runs clean before they leave, and anything bigger is raised with you first.
We clean residential properties and residential and commercial buildings, and the scope of the job is what sets the number. Our gutter services reach commercial properties too, and the same count of stories, square footage and what is in the gutters sets the price there. Ask for a written estimate if you want it on paper, and we will send one. If you want to clean your gutters on a regular schedule instead of waiting for trouble, we can set that up and quote regular gutter cleaning as a single recurring number, often timed to spring and fall.
| 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 a spring visit and a late fall visit, the spring one after the seed and pollen drop and the fall one after the last leaves come down. Across Alabama, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late April, and the first thing we check when we open a gutter then is whether the rainwater is still draining or has been backing up behind a clog for weeks. In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack the elbows of the gutters and downspouts. The fall visit lands in November to early December, and it is the one that keeps leaves and debris out of the trough through winter. Skip it, and we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time winter ends, which can lead to structural damage and rot at the fascia.
Under heavy tree cover, we shorten the gap between visits, because needles and grit pack the downspout between them and a single twig can start a clog. Heavy landscape plantings against the walls drop the same kind of material, so the schedule follows the trees and beds rather than the calendar. A roof with few or no trees can often go a full year between cleanings, usually on the fall visit alone. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, since less material gets in, but we still clean the surface of the guard and check the blockage at the bottom of each run. Booking the visits to keep your gutters on a steady schedule is how you protect your home from water damage, because it keeps heavy rainfall moving away from your home rather than over the edge.
February, March and April are the wettest months here, and the climate, about 55.6 inches of rain a year, is why the spring run takes the heaviest load. Freezing weather is a real factor too, so a run that holds water into winter can ice up at the eave. After the first visit we tell you how often your lot actually needs a visit, based on what we found in the gutters and what the roofline looks like from the ground.
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.
The crew covers Pelham AL from our nearest base, and we work across Pelham rather than only the streets closest to us, along with the surrounding areas. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over it. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send, though it is not required. Lead time depends on the season, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. The gutter cleaning process runs in that order: quote, slot, crew visit, then the photo record of the work, so you can check how clean each run is before we leave.
The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, which is when most homeowner calls come in and when a gutter maintenance check turns up something wrong. Booking a few weeks ahead of those windows is the easiest way to get your gutters on a slot that suits your schedule. Both the cleaning and maintenance happen on one visit. The crew leaves each run clean before moving on, and nobody needs to be home for it, since the work is all outside.
If you have been putting off your gutters, a single visit clears the backlog and gets water moving again. Call or text (866) 435-6328 with a photo of your roofline and we will tell you what we see before we quote.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text, and that quote is the number on the invoice. We will not give you a figure without knowing those three things.
Our cleaning services in Pelham are busiest in late spring and late fall, and most customers book one of those visits. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find sagging runs and ice-related damage by early spring. Under heavy tree cover, the schedule gets shorter, so ask us about it on the first call.
Same-day slots depend on the week. Open dates for pelham gutter cleaning vary, and we confirm the exact date when you call (866) 435-6328.
No. The work is all outside, so you can be at work the whole time. The crew calls before they arrive and leaves the yard as clean as they found it.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed, and we check that the water away from the house is leaving at the outlet. Buried lines are a separate job, so if one needs clearing we price it before anyone starts.
Yes. A guard is part of the gutter system and keeps out most leaves and debris, but needles, seeds and grit still build up on top of it and can lead to clogged downspouts underneath. We lift the panels, clear what is on top and below them, and reseat them.
If a rain gutter is clean and still overflows after we leave, the cause is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a clog. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It will not change for anything we could have seen from the ground, and the same holds for commercial properties. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
