Our own crew does a clean gutter job in Phenix City, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our Phenix City customers book in the spring and fall, and we can walk you through what that schedule looks like for your house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on how many stories the house has, its size 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 price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured. We would rather give you one clean number for the whole house than make you multiply.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down heavy, with packed muck and a clog at every elbow, and a clog can hide a leak at the joint. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and so does a twig jammed in an elbow or checking drainage at the bottom of every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and hauling away what comes out are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, the homeowner hears about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what the experience looks like when a Phenix City house has heavy tree cover. We see sag, buildup and water flow problems that trace back to a single blockage in a downspout, and clogged downspouts send water toward the foundation when they should keep water away from your home. Our crews clean the run, flush every downspout on that side and watch the water exit at the bottom before we move on. A gutter with a clog is a small problem until it becomes structural damage, which is why we ask about the trees when you call. Most of the phenix city homes we service with heavy canopy are on a shorter cleaning schedule for exactly this reason.
Both residential and commercial jobs get the same method. If your house has a commercial space attached or you manage commercial properties in town, we schedule it per building. Each job starts with a look at the leaves and debris, the rain gutter pitch and where the water goes once it leaves the system. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate by the end of the day.
| 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.
On our Phenix City jobs, most residential properties we service book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves have come down. Those two cleanings catch the two loads that fill a gutter here, and the spring and fall schedule is the one most homes stay on. Across Alabama the pattern is the same, but the timing shifts a little with the weather each season.
When we open a gutter here in spring, we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall we find the wet leaf mat that sits on the bottom of the trough and holds water against the back wall. Freezing weather does reach Phenix City in some winters, so the fall visit clears leaves and rainwater before a freeze traps water in the trough and before heavy rainfall arrives; March, July and December are the wettest months. A clean run keeps water moving to the downspout instead of spilling over the front edge.
Frequency depends on what is over the house and how the landscape around it sheds. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, we see needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those lots go on a cleaning every three to four months. A house with few or no trees usually stays clean enough with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards still need attention too, less often, but the surface grit has to come off them on the same schedule, and debris removal is part of the same visit.
We also do regular gutter cleaning as a planned service, so the calendar is set in advance and you can clean your gutters on a set schedule instead of waiting for the next overflow to call. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we adjust the schedule from there. Our gutter cleaning service runs the same cleaning and maintenance method on every job, whatever the season, and that gutter maintenance is what keeps the calendar predictable.
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 handles cleaning services in phenix city al and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we are glad to get your gutters on the schedule anywhere across phenix city. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, your size and how much tree cover is over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the roofline and the gutter run before we arrive. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work to be done right. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 today.
Spring and fall fill first, so book early if you have a set date in mind. Outside those windows the calendar opens up faster. Our gutter services are scheduled around the house, not around the crew, which is why a phenix city gutter cleaning booking is easier to fit in when you call in advance. If you are on a regular schedule for cleanings, we keep your slot so you never have to chase one down.
Clean gutters and downspouts are the simplest way to protect your home from water damage, and a step most people skip is to flush every downspout. We check that water is leaving the bottom of each one and tell you if it is not. Keep your gutters clean and clear and the rest of the gutter system holds up, which is the whole point of the visit.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text before we schedule anything. Nothing gets quoted until we have all three, so the number starts clean and stays put.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the leaves are down. If the fall visit is skipped, gutter maintenance slips and we find sag and buildup by the next heavy rainfall.
Most slots come up within the week. Every gutter cleaning process starts with a call, and we confirm the date then so there are no surprises on arrival day.
No. Our crew works outside, leaves the yard clean, 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.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water exits at the bottom and runs away from your home. A buried drain line that needs clearing is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we still find seeds, needles and grit sitting on top of the guard and under it, and the water stops going in once that mat is wet. The guard shortens the job, but a clean pass on the gutter system still needs doing now and then.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the front edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup problem. Water that keeps spilling for months can start rot in the fascia board, so send us 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.
For phenix city homeowners it should not. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice, and 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.
