Our own crew cleans gutters in Saraland, flushing and flow-testing every run and hauling away what comes out, then sending photos of the finished work to your phone before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in spring and fall, and we confirm the date when you call.
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 sitting in the gutters. Most homeowners want one number up front, so we give the estimate by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning services are priced on the house itself, and spring and fall are the usual windows for a visit, so an early call gets the better slot. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though a per-foot rate hides how hard a particular run is to reach.
On our jobs, a few things push the quote up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises how high the crew has to reach. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, a buildup that takes longer to clear. A run that starts to sag from a clog takes more than a quick rinse, and a run that has pulled loose from the fascia can point to structural damage, which we photograph and report rather than guess at. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and we flush every drain on the house before the crew leaves. A clean run is the goal on every house. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on Saraland homes. A run that looks fine from the driveway often hides a clog at the lower elbow, and the crew checks drainage on the way down so you know the water flow is back to normal. Our residential and commercial work follows the same method, and we serve residential properties in the surrounding areas too. Clean your gutters on a schedule that fits the lot, because regular gutter cleaning keeps the buildup from becoming a bigger job. If you want a number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a quote from it.
| 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 customers in Saraland AL book twice a year. Across Alabama, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late April, after seed and pollen drop. In Saraland the fall visit runs December to early January, after the last leaves are down, and it clears the gutters and downspouts before winter sets in. In spring we find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and sometimes a twig wedged in the bend, which is where the clog starts. In fall it is the wet leaf mat pressed flat against the trough, and on houses that skipped the winter visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the weather turns, with wood behind them that has started to rot. Gulf storms and tropical remnants keep the gutters working hard across Alabama, and the wettest months here are June, July and August.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm, because needles, grit and landscape debris pack the gutters and downspouts between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule applies. A lot with few or no trees is fine on once a year in late fall. Guards mean fewer cleanings, but we still clear the surface and check the water is getting in. Our gutter services flush every downspout, so a blockage gets found before a storm does. Clean your gutters before the storm season, not after the first big downpour, to protect your home from water damage, because a clogged run backs the water up, and a full trough can end in structural damage. A small leak at a seam takes minutes to spot on a visit, and far longer to trace once it has soaked the wall. So keep your gutters working by matching the schedule to your lot, not to a calendar on the wall.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Every rain gutter on the house gets the same check, and we keep the notes on each house so the next visit starts where the last one ended. The estimate covers every run on the house and the surrounding areas. Rainwater that sits in a full trough has nowhere to go, so the check starts at the top of the run. A photo of the roofline sent to your phone shows you what we found, and any run that is already clean gets marked that way.
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 works across Saraland and surrounding areas, and you hear the plan when you call. Booking a Saraland gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, and the gutter cleaning process is the same on every house. Give us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Lead time is confirmed when you call, and we will tell you the first open window. Our calendar fills in the spring and fall windows, so call early. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar for the week you want.
We call before we come, and every homeowner gets that call. Nobody needs to be home for the work. Clean gutters keep water away from your home, the fascia, the soffit and the foundation, and a clean system holds up better through heavy rainfall. Regular gutter maintenance keeps a small leak from becoming a big repair, and our gutter services stop at cleaning, flushing and reporting, since we do not do the repair ourselves. Our crew handles cleaning and maintenance on the gutter system, and if the house needs more than that, we will photograph the problem and put it in the report. If you have gutter guards, a twig or seed mat on top can still shed water over the edge, so we clear the surface, lift the panels and check the water is getting in. Commercial properties are scheduled one building at a time, and the cleanings follow the same checklist as a house.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure from the page, because the house decides the number. Send a photo of the front and we can usually give you a firm price the same day. Homes across Saraland are quoted the same way.
Most of our customers book in spring, after seed and pollen drop, and in fall after the leaves are down. Leaves and debris left in the trough through a hard freeze can leave ice dams, clogged downspouts and a fascia board that stays wet long enough to rot. If the lot is heavily shaded, we will tell you to plan on every three to four months.
We confirm a date when you call, and we do not promise same-day work. Our cleaning services in Saraland run on the calendar, so we tell you the first open window when you call.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of the finished work to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, move any landscape planters off the ladder path, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Commercial properties follow the same routine.
Yes, every run is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that the outlet carries water away from the house. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. We will tell you if the water is not draining.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of the gutter system but not needles, seed casings or grit, and that mat on top can shed water over the edge. We lift the panels, clean out what is underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards, which usually runs shorter than an open system.
If the trough still holds leaves and debris, that is a cleaning problem. A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or outlet-size problem, and a run that has pulled loose can point to structural damage. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The rain gutter work we agree on the phone is the work we check, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, so you agree to it before the crew begins. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
