Our own crew cleans gutters in Troy. Every drain is flushed and flow-tested, leaves are hauled away, and you get 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 house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and we have been on those houses for years.
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. A clean quote starts with those three things. We give Troy homes the number by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the run is measured, but a per-foot figure hides what the crew actually finds on the house.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk changes the time on the ladder and the boom or scissor lift. 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 have not been opened in years come down with years of buildup and packed leaves and grit, and that adds time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Once the trough is clean, we flush the drain lines and test the water flow. Leaves and debris removal is included and never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on local houses. On one job in a neighborhood with heavy canopy, the gutter was packed to the elbow of the downspout, and the run had pulled slightly at the high end, so the crew flushed the line, checked the drainage and left the run clean. That kind of clog and sag is the difference between good drainage and a gutter that spills over the edge. A clogged gutter system does not hold the water back. It spills it over the front edge. We check every drain for the same thing, because clogged downspouts send the water back toward the wall and the foundation instead of carrying water away from your home. Older houses show this more often, and the crew reports what it sees in the photos.
Commercial properties are priced per building, and the same measures apply, with the scheduling set around the business. Our gutter cleaning services for commercial properties follow the same check: the leaves and grit come out, the rain gutter is clean and drains freely, and any structural damage is photographed and reported, not repaired by us.
| 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 and fall visit each year: once after seed and pollen drop, and once after the last leaves come down. The real question is when to clean your gutters, and the answer depends on the trees. Across Alabama the spring visit lands mid to late April, and on our jobs that is when we open a gutter and find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. The fall visit is late November to December, and that is when we find the wet leaf mat. On houses that skip that visit, we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the wet summer months.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see work, because needles and grit pack the drain ends between visits and the blockage builds faster than the gutter can shed it. Near a busy road or construction, the same tighter schedule applies, since the grit and dust settle in the same troughs, and a trough that starts clean is not clean for long. A house with few or no trees usually needs only one visit a year, in late fall, and each visit includes debris removal. Guards change the job too: under guards we still clear the surface and check the flow, but the visits can be less frequent. Across Alabama, Gulf hurricanes and tropical remnants bring heavy rainfall, with Mobile Bay taking direct landfalls. Troy's wettest months are June, July and December, with about 52.8 inches of rain a year, so the gutters work hardest then.
Regular gutter cleaning on a set cycle keeps rainwater moving the way the system was designed to. A gutter that goes too long without service develops a leak that backs water up behind the fascia and onto the wall. Cleaning and maintenance on the same cycle keep the fascia and trim in better shape. Our estimate for the schedule comes from what we see on the first visit, including the gutters and downspouts themselves. Both residential and commercial properties follow the same logic here, and residential properties under heavy canopy get the tighter schedule.
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 on many local houses, and the calls come in from homeowners on every side of town. Troy gutter cleaning starts with one call to (866) 435-6328, and that is how we get your gutters on the schedule. Here is how the process runs: we ask for the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the house front by text helps us quote it faster. Then we set the first open date, come out, clear the trough, flush the drain lines and check the flow, and send the photos. Typical lead time is set by our calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: mid to late April, and late November to December. Booking early in those windows keeps the slot you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. A small clog, a twig or a wet leaf mat all come out in the same pass. For the homeowner who wants the job done once and done right, we clean and inspect every run and flush every downspout to protect your home from water damage.
We also do gutter services for surrounding areas and for properties with heavy landscape and tree cover near the gutters, including houses with gutter guards. Our cleaning services cover homes and commercial buildings alike. Whether you want to keep your gutters clear on a yearly cycle or book one of our cleanings before storm season, the crew works the same way.
The number for our cleaning services in Troy comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. A clean quote needs those things first, and that is the first step of our gutter cleaning process. We do not quote a figure on a page before we know them. The number we give is the number on your invoice.
Our customers usually book the spring visit in mid to late April and the fall visit in late November to December. If you skip the fall visit, the leaf mat stays wet and packed through the winter, and the runs can sag and the fascia can rot before spring.
Most slots across Troy come up within the week. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule, and we confirm the date on that call. We do not promise a same-day visit because it depends on the calendar that week.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, 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, each run is flushed and flow-tested so we can see the water leave. If a line drains underground and the water does not come out at the outlet, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and it is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need the surface cleared. Under guards on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit from the landscape sitting on top and working underneath, so the water stops getting in. Gutter maintenance under guards is still a visit, just a shorter one. Cleaning and maintenance on the same cycle still keeps the flow clear, and a flow check is part of every visit.
If your gutter system still sheets water over the edge after a clean, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it during heavy rainfall and we tell you what it is. The job is to move water away from your home, and if it does not, we say so. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number we quoted is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. Text a photo of the house front when you book so we see it before the day.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
