Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eave, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Our spring and fall schedule runs across Alabama, and most Saks homeowners keep to it.
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 companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid with leaf sludge and grit buildup, and that is slower work. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned gutters for saks homes with a range of stories and tree cover, and the difference in the quote almost always traces back to what we found in the gutters once we opened them. A house with clogged downspouts and a heavy leaf load costs more than the same footprint with a clean run, because the crew spends the extra time clearing the drainage path. We do not guess at that from the curb. We look, then we tell you.
Gutter cleaning services get priced this way because the work is different from house to house. A gutter with a sag in one section gets checked for structural damage before we move on, and a run that holds standing water needs a clean flow test before we call it done. Water that backs up behind a blockage is the usual cause of trouble, which is why we flush the full run and check the water flow at the outlet, not just the section you can see from the ground. We are looking for the spot where the water away from the house stops.
We cleaned a two-story house in one of the older neighborhoods around here last fall, and the quote was driven by a long rain gutter on the back run with leaves and debris packed to the elbow. What we found there was the same thing we find on most houses this time of year, and the crew cleared it, flushed each downspout and sent the photos before the truck left. That is the job most of our customers here are paying for, and the number they were quoted on the phone was the number they paid.
We also do commercial properties in the area, and those are priced per building, not per house. Residential work is what this page is about, and the quote for a home is built from the three things above. If your house has something we did not mention here, ask on the phone and we will tell you whether it changes the number before we book a date.
| 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 here book twice a year, in spring and fall. Our spring visit runs mid to late April across Alabama, 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 the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged or pulled loose by the next winter under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see work. A single twig can dam a downspout, and needles and grit fill the run between visits, so a gutter that looked clean at the spring visit can clog again well before fall. Near a busy road or a construction site the same thing happens faster, because dust and grit wash into the run with every storm. Few or no trees over the house and once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards cut down how often you need us, but they do not remove the need to clear the surface.
The gutter that gives trouble is almost always the one where the clog started small. Water that sits at the rainwater outlet or backs up along the roofline finds the first weak point, and a blockage that the crew clears in one visit becomes a fascia or soffit repair if it is left another season. Before we give you an estimate on a fresh schedule we will look at your saks al lot and tell you which tier it needs.
For a gutter cleaning service on a regular schedule, the spring and fall visits are the baseline, and we add the in-between visits only where the lot calls for them. Most of our residential and commercial customers in the area follow the same logic. If you want to clean your gutters on your own schedule, we will work to it, but we would rather tell you what we see the first time we are on the ladder.
Before the first visit we ask a few questions about trees, the fascia and how long it has been since the gutters were opened. For most houses around here that is enough to set the schedule. We keep to the tier after that, and we flag anything that needs debris removal beyond the normal haul-off. The regular gutter cleaning visit is the point where a small problem gets caught before it turns into water inside the wall. Gutter maintenance between visits keeps a clean run from turning into an overflow.
Our crew also does residential properties that sit alone on a larger lot, where the schedule is set by the nearest tree line rather than by the house. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 has cleaned gutters across Saks, where the lots sit close to mature trees and the pitch is walkable. We book by phone or by text. Send a photo of the house front if it is easy, and tell us the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the eave. That is enough for us to give you a quote and a date. The typical lead time is set by our calendar, which fills in the two busy windows of spring and late fall.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. A Saks gutter cleaning visit works from the outside, does not come inside, and ends with photos of every run on your phone. If your side gate is locked, leave it unlocked before we arrive. We will keep the ladders off the gutter lip and the siding so nothing rests on the run we are clearing.
Our calendar fills fastest in the spring window after seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall before the first hard freeze. If you want a date in one of those windows, call (866) 435-6328 early. Outside those windows we can usually find a slot within the week. We also serve the surrounding areas from the same crew, so if you are just past the edge of our route the same booking process applies.
Cleaning and maintenance are one part of how you protect your home from water damage. If you want to keep your gutters clear all year, book a regular schedule and we will set the visits around your trees. We flush every downspout on every visit, so you know the water leaves the house, not just the surface. Each of these cleanings covers the gutters and downspouts from end to end. A run that does not drain is the most common reason we get called out to a house with a leak or water already in the wall.
Whether you are a first-time customer or someone who has had us out before, the booking process is the same. Call, text a photo, get a quote from stories and size, and pick a date. Our crew will be on the ladder, the photos will be on your phone, and the number will be the number on the invoice. That is the whole process for gutter services with us.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with a steep pitch and one with a low pitch are different jobs. Once we have the details we give you one number, and that is what you pay.
Most of our customers book in spring and again in fall. Our spring visit runs mid to late April across Alabama, and the fall visit runs November to early December. If you wait past that window, the clog gets worse, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs and fascia rot by the next winter. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
Cleaning services in Saks usually come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the calendar has an opening that day, so call early if the gutters are already overflowing.
No, a homeowner does not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, our crew does not come inside, and the crew sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and clear any loose items off the landscape beds.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water is carried away from your home at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. We will tell you if an underground line is not draining, but the work itself is priced separately.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs attention. Needles and seed casings work through the guard and mat on top, and the water stops going in. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards on every visit.
If the gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, it is a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog problem. Send us a short video of it 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. The quote is built from stories, size and tree cover, and anything we find that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. The number we quote on the phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
