Our own crew cleans gutters in Spanish Fort, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled off, 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 is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we would rather see your gutters before they overflow than after.
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, how big it is 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 gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the house is measured. The gutter itself is the easy part; what changes the job is the buildup inside it, and a clean trough is the goal on every run.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far above the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with wet leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clean the trough. Downspout flushing, drainage checks and debris removal are included in the number and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the jobs we run around here, a house with a steep pitch and a heavy leaf load at the back is the usual case that adds time, and we say so on the phone before we come out. Most of the Spanish Fort homes that need a second look are the ones where a clog has been building up for a season and the water flow is already sluggish at the bottom run. A rain gutter that has started to sag gets a closer look, and the run is flushed and photographed before we tell you what we see. Whether it is a single clean or regular gutter cleaning on the same schedule, the price is set from the house in front of us, not from a rate card. The same three questions set the number on residential properties and on residential and commercial buildings alike.
| 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 Spanish Fort AL book twice a year, once in late spring after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in late fall, late November to December, after the last leaves come down. Across Alabama, the spring window opens in mid to late April. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the gutters and downspouts. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves and debris the wind has pushed along the roofline into the trough. Those two visits keep the gutter system clear, and they keep a small blockage from turning into a leak or structural damage on the fascia and soffit. They also keep the water away from your home.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see gutters every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and the gutter system fills faster than a twice-a-year schedule can handle. Gutter maintenance on that tighter schedule is what keeps each visit small. A twig lodged in an elbow can start a clog in a single storm, so we check the elbows every time. A house with an open landscape and few or no trees usually needs one visit a year, in late fall. Gutter guards change the work but not the need: the top of the guard still has to be clean, and we check underneath every time.
The estimate we give after the first clean tells you which tier your lot actually needs. We do this so you can protect your home from water damage without paying for visits you do not need. Across Alabama, the storm season brings Gulf hurricanes and tropical remnants, with Mobile Bay taking direct landfalls, and Spanish Fort gets about 67 inches of rain a year, with the wettest months in May, July and August. Cleaning and maintenance on a steady schedule keeps rainwater moving through that heavy rainfall. Whether you clean your gutters yourself between visits or book us, keep your gutters working through the rainy months and you will not be standing in the yard after a storm wondering where the water went.
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 works across Spanish Fort rather than a single corner of it. Every homeowner gets a number before a crew is booked. The gutter cleaning process starts with a call or a text: tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We will give you a number from those details. Lead time changes with the season, and the busiest stretches of the year are the spring and fall windows when our calendar fills first. Most cleanings in those windows are booked ahead, so call early if you have a date in mind. Gutter services in surrounding areas are booked the same way.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you manage commercial properties, say so when you call, and we will tell you whether it fits the schedule. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule before the rains start, the quickest path is a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we can do and when, for a clean run on the first visit.
Homeowners get the number from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Spanish Fort gutter cleaning is not quoted without those details, because a two-story house with a heavy leaf load can take longer than one that was cleaned last season. Once we have the details, the number we quote is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a number, or text a photo of the house.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, runs can pull loose or sag, and the fascia can rot, because wet leaf mat sits in the trough all winter. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the gutters clean.
Same-day slots for cleaning services in Spanish Fort depend on the calendar that week, and we confirm a date when you call. We will tell you the first opening that fits your house.
No. Our crew works outside, leaves the site 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 with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Clogged downspouts get worked from the top where they can be reached, and we check that water is leaving through the drainage at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and underneath it. The top still has to be clean, and we check that water is getting into the trough.
If a gutter that is clean still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than a clog. Send us a photo or a short video taken during heavy rainfall, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, such as a clog that goes further than the visible run or guards that have to come off, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. Nothing gets added to the bill without your okay first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
