Our own crew cleans gutters in Sherwood, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and grit 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 is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Arkansas, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the same schedule each time.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Sherwood gutter cleaning services are priced from the stories, the square footage and what is sitting in the gutter system. We give you an estimate 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, and that lands in a similar place once you do the math on a real house.
On our jobs, 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 roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, and that adds time. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add time too. We clean gutters and downspouts as one job, and the flushing, flow testing and haul-off of leaves and debris are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Sherwood homes tend to show a few patterns in their gutters. Gutters that have been left for two or three seasons often show a sag where the water flow has stopped, and that is a clog and a drainage problem at the same time. A run with buildup at one end usually has clogged downspouts or a blockage near the downspout elbow. Commercial properties in the same area get quoted on their own schedule, but the same drainage logic applies to them. We have also seen structural damage on houses where the water had nowhere to go for a long stretch, so the first visit matters. Our crew looks at the whole gutter and the rain gutter line before we say anything about cost. Text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we expect to find when we get there, so you can book with a clear number in mind. Leaf cleanup is not a separate line item; it is in the job. What we do not do is repair or install gutters, and what we find that needs that work gets photographed and reported. Our job is to get the water away from the house and keep it that way.
| 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 Sherwood customers 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 window runs late April to May, and our fall visits run late November to December. When our crew opens a gutter here in May, we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a paste of pollen that sticks to everything. In the fall it is the leaf load, and the wet mat that forms under it before the spring rains. Sherwood averages 52.5 inches of precipitation a year, and March, April and May are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall in those months is when a clogged gutter overflows first. If the fall visit gets skipped, the runs can sag or pull loose by spring, and the rainwater ends up behind the fascia, where a small leak can start and the fascia can rot.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees hanging over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout between visits. Houses with few or no trees need a visit once a year in late fall, and that is usually enough. Regular gutter cleaning is the core of gutter maintenance, and it keeps the fascia dry; if you only clean your gutters once a year, late fall is the window. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, and that is done less often than an open system, but it is still a visit. Near a busy road, a construction site or a freshly mulched landscape, the grit load runs higher, and the schedule shortens for the same reason.
We keep a close eye on the roofline between visits in the busy months, and we will tell you when a clog is starting to build. A clean gutter stays clean longer when the first visit is done right, and our cleanings are only as good as the spring and fall visits you keep. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the leaves and wet grit leave with the truck. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutter, not on a general rule. Cleaning and maintenance on that schedule is what keeps a house out of trouble.
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 cleans gutters across Sherwood AR and the surrounding areas, and we cover the city from our nearest base. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior visit. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, along with the number of stories and a rough idea of the tree cover. From that, we give you a number over the phone and a date when we have one open.
Our calendar fills in the busy windows, which are late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call to get your gutters on the schedule, the better your chance at a date you want. Lead time depends on the week, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. We do not promise a same-day visit unless we have the crew available that day. If your gutters are overflowing now, tell us when you call, and we will do what we can to get the crew out sooner.
Keep your gutters working through the seasons so the water stays away from your home, and protect your home from water damage at the foundation. Whether you are in a neighborhood close to the center or further out, the same crew handles the job and the same standards apply. Residential and commercial work is scheduled separately. We clean residential properties and commercial properties on their own calendars. Our gutter cleaning service is the same for every homeowner, and our gutter services run the same checks at every address.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or by text, and the quote is the number on the invoice. There is no separate charge for flushing or hauling away debris.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. In May we find seeds and pollen packed in the elbows, and in November it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out before the first hard freeze. Waiting past the fall visit is what leads to sagging runs by March.
Same-day depends on the crew's schedule that week. When you call (866) 435-6328 for our cleaning services in Sherwood AR, we tell you the first open date and confirm it with you before we are on the way.
Sherwood homeowners do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and as a homeowner you get photos of every run when they finish. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground line that is not draining, we tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and gets quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packed underneath it. The gutter may look clean from the ground while the water is not getting in. We lift the guard, clear underneath, and reseat it.
If a gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or the downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it 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. Our gutter cleaning process checks the job before work starts, and if the crew finds something that changes it, you hear it and agree to it first. The number we quote 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.
