Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the buildup hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Florida, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills up first.
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. Our gutter cleaning services start with those three things, and we quote it over the phone or by text. The number we quote is the number we charge. Clearwater homes differ mostly in height and pitch, and that is what sets the quote. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you know the whole number before we come out. Residential properties and residential and commercial buildings are priced from those same inputs, so you are not guessing which rate applies.
On our jobs, four things move the quote most. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted leaves, and a gutter clog that packed solid takes more hours than one we clear every season. Guards we have to lift and reseat also add time. A leak at a joint or a sag in a section is noted in the photos, and it is quoted separately only if you ask us to fix it. Downspout flushing, water flow checks and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before any work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how the work usually goes on a home that is on regular gutter cleaning. We clear the run, flush each downspout until water runs clean at the bottom, check the drainage at each outlet, and photograph every section. On a house that has been skipped for a few years, the first visit is slower, and we tell you what we found before we charge for anything beyond the quote. Whether you are a homeowner in an older neighborhood or a newer development, the same process applies, and the same photos come to your phone. Between visits, a quick look along the run after heavy rainfall is worth the time, and if water is spilling over the edge, text us a photo.
Our jobs show how much the tree cover changes the picture. The houses under heavy trees tend to carry the most leaves, and we see seed casings and needle packs that block the outlets well before the rest of the run is full. Those houses are quoted on the buildup we actually find. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a number from what we see.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 here book two cleanings a year, in spring and fall, once after the seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down. Across Florida, the spring visit falls in mid to late April, when seeds and pollen paste have packed the elbows and can start a clog, and the fall visit, in November to December, finds the wet leaf mat where a rainwater backup begins once the roofline has been left alone. The pattern holds across the state, though the timing shifts a little with the local trees. A clean run going into the fall visit keeps the rainwater moving, and keep your gutters clear through the wet months so the water has somewhere to go.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what keeps a blockage from forming, because needles, the odd twig and grit pack the outlets between visits. On each visit we flush every downspout, since one blocked outlet backs the whole run up. A clean and flushed run helps protect your home from water damage. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Clearwater gets about 56.1 inches of rain a year, and heavy rainfall comes most in June through August, so the late summer run fills fastest. Left alone, a run that backs up for a season can rot the fascia and lead to structural damage. Gutter guards reduce how often the run fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded houses are on a lighter schedule, not off it. Homes near a busy road or active construction also tend to need the shorter interval, since the grit comes down faster.
Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts as one job, and after the first visit we give you an estimate of which of those tiers your Clearwater FL lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutter. A gutter that is clean and still overflows after a cleaning points to a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup, and we will say so. The landscape around the house is part of that call, since beds that sit against the eave send soil and mulch into the trough.
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.
Clearwater gutter cleaning is handled by our crew from the nearest base, and the surrounding areas get the same visit. Our crew works across Clearwater from that base, and on our jobs we have cleaned on both the older blocks and the newer streets. Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories, a rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. We will give you a quote from that, and we confirm a date when you call. The busiest windows are late spring and late fall, so if you want a slot in those months, it helps to get in touch early. People who call before the busy weeks have the widest choice of dates.
Nobody needs to be home for an exterior cleaning. We call before we come, and the crew works outside the whole visit. If the back run is hard to reach, we will tell you ahead of time what equipment we need. A clean gutter keeps water away from your home, and that is the whole point of the visit. Booking is the easiest way to clean your gutters without a ladder in your own hands. We keep the same crew on the jobs where we can, so the person who came out the first time is usually the one who comes back.
Regular gutter maintenance keeps every visit short, and cleaning and maintenance are booked as one job, so you make one call. Every visit starts from a clean run, which makes the photos easier to compare from one season to the next. We walk you through the gutter cleaning process on the phone before anyone is booked. Booking gutter services takes one call, and to get your gutters on the schedule before the rains, call early.
The estimate comes from the stories, the size of the house and the condition of the gutter system. We give it to you by phone or text, and it is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the leaves are down. Going into fall, a clean gutter is what keeps the leaves from matting, and if you wait past the fall visit, the leaves and debris packed together is what we find first, and that is where the trouble starts.
Most slots come up within the week for cleaning services in Clearwater, and we confirm a date when you call. If a same-day visit is possible we will say so on the phone.
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, every downspout is flushed and we watch the water until it runs clear. Clogged downspouts get a second pass before we leave. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and once that mat gets wet, the water runs off the front edge. On our jobs the guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, just on a lighter schedule.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A rain gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you what it is rather than selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, not after. Commercial properties follow the same rule.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
