Our own crew cleans gutters in Fort Smith, flushing every downspout, flow-testing the runs, hauling the debris away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. On our Fort Smith jobs most customers book in spring and fall, once the seed drop and the last leaves are down.
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 how clean the gutters are right now. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Most gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot and land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the state of the gutters decide where on that line your house sits.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years with compacted buildup and the odd twig packed into the trough, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be reached. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in every gutters and downspouts job, with debris removal done before the truck leaves, and none of it is billed as an extra. A rain gutter left alone for years takes longer to get clean than one on a yearly visit, and we price that in. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Fort Smith homes vary a lot, and so does what we find when we open them. On one of our Fort Smith jobs the clogs were concentrated in the back run, where leaves and debris had sat through a wet spring and the trough had started to sag. Left alone, a clog at a joint turns into a leak and then fascia rot. The crew cleared the buildup, flushed the clogged downspouts until the water ran clean at the bottom, left the trough clean, and checked the run and its drainage for structural damage before leaving. On a house like that, keeping the water away from your home matters more than any figure we could put on a page, so we look at the whole gutter system and quote what it takes.
Fort Smith homeowners who are not sure what their gutters need can send a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us the stories. We will tell you what we see from the picture and what the visit would involve. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, by stories, roofline and what is in the trough.
| 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 Fort Smith AR book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Arkansas the spring visit falls in late April to May, and the fall visit runs November to early December. Fort Smith gets 47.3 inches of precipitation a year, and April through June is the wettest stretch, with heavy rainfall that pushes rainwater through any trough still holding seed drop. In spring we open the downspout elbows and find seeds and pollen packed into a paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sagging by late winter. Neither season leaves a gutter clean on its own. A gutter that holds water through the rainy months is a gutter that is doing its job, and a clog left to sit is how the trough starts to pull loose.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps up with the needles and grit, because they pack the outlets faster than a twice-a-year visit can clear them. Residential properties with few or no trees over the roof usually do fine with once a year in late fall, and the runs stay clean between visits. A yard with a mixed landscape, some trees and some open lawn, falls somewhere in between, and we set the interval with the customer after the first look.
Gutter cleaning and maintenance is the core of what we do, and the schedule is the part customers ask about most. Our crew checks the roofline, the runs and every downspout on each visit, so the blockage is caught before water starts spilling over the edge. We run the same check on residential and commercial buildings. Ask us when to clean your gutters, and we set it from the first look. Think of it as gutter maintenance, not a one-time clean. 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.
Fort Smith gutter cleaning covers the city and the surrounding areas, and our crew works out of a base close enough that the trip is short. A homeowner starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. That is the first step in every gutter cleaning service we run. Once we have those three things, we give you the number and a date window. Most slots come up inside the week, and when you call we confirm the exact day. Our crew leaves each job clean, and the photos prove it.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows each year, once in late spring and once in late fall, so if you want to get your gutters on the schedule for a particular week, call early in those months. Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, and the calendar fills for both. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning itself. For commercial properties with more than one building, the scheduling is per building and set up in advance, and residential and commercial jobs both start with the same quote.
If you have a question about how our gutter services fit your home, call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk through the options. Whether you are booking your first visit or moving a date, we want you to keep your gutters clean and clear, flush every downspout on each visit, and protect your home from water damage that starts with a single clog during heavy rainfall.
Our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the leaves come down. If you wait past that window, we find the wet leaf mat packed into the trough, and runs that have started to sag. Across Fort Smith the spring and fall visits are the ones we plan around. If you want a clean trough before the rainy months, late spring is the right window.
Most slots come up within the week. Our cleaning services in Fort Smith get a date confirmed when you call, and we tell you honestly if the calendar can not fit you in sooner.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, and the crew does not come inside. As a homeowner you can be elsewhere, and the crew sends photos of every run and downspout, clean or not, to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout until the run is clean at the outlet, because good drainage is the whole point, and we check that water is leaving there. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Under heavy tree cover, the debris that gets past a guard is surface grit, needles and seed casings sitting on top, with grit settled underneath. The landscape around the house decides how much gets through. The job gets shorter with guards, but the surface still needs a clean and the gutter runs still need flushing.
A clean gutter system that still spills water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem, and a leak at a seam is the first thing we check. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start. Call (866) 435-6328 if you want that number confirmed before you pick a date.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
