Our crew cleans gutters in Fernandina Beach, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the clutter bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run on your phone before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Florida, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that pattern holds here too. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and the ground is left clean when we finish.
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 sitting in the gutters. We give Fernandina Beach homeowners an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the run is measured, and we are happy to walk through that comparison with you on the phone.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is what moves the quote most. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter system, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come with compacted leaves that take longer to get clean, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. We flush every downspout, test the flow and haul the clutter away, all included in the price and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what that looks like in practice. Most of our fernandina beach homes come to us with the same few problems: a clog at the downspout elbow, a run that has started to sag under wet leaves, and a buildup of seeds or grit that slows the water flow to a trickle. We clear the trough, open each downspout until the water comes out clean at the bottom, and check that the run is carrying water away from the house rather than pooling at the foundation. Where a drainage line runs underground, we confirm the water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Gutter cleaning services of this kind are most useful when each rain gutter is cleared before the first heavy rain, so a leaf, a twig or a handful of grit never reaches the outlet and the water stays where it belongs. Left alone, clogged downspouts overflow at the eave, leak behind the fascia and set up structural damage that nobody sees until the board begins to rot.
Our experience on Fernandina Beach jobs is that the price is easiest to explain when we can point to a real house. Tell us the stories, the size and whether the trees are heavy over the top of the house, and we will say what that means for the crew and the time up top. We keep the answer short and specific because you should know the price before anyone climbs a ladder. Commercial properties get their own quote on the phone once we know the height of the building, so ask there rather than assuming this page's number applies.
| 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 in Fernandina Beach FL book a spring and fall visit, once after the seed and pollen drop in the spring and once after the last leaves come down in the fall. Across Florida, spring visits usually land in mid to late April and fall visits in November to December.
In spring, the gutter is full of seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste that dries into the elbow of the downspout. In fall it is the leaf load, and if the gutter has been left through a wet season the leaf mat sits inside the trough and holds water against the fascia. We open the run and look for the clog before we start, and we do not stop until the run is clean. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills over the edge along the roofline, and a gutter that sags under that weight is a sign the blockage has been there for a while.
Here is how the tiers break down on our jobs. Two cleanings a year cover most houses. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, we see needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, so those lots go on a schedule of every three to four months. With few or no trees, a single visit in late fall is usually enough. Debris removal comes with every visit at every tier. Gutter guards change the frequency but not the need: we still clear the surface clutter and check that water is getting in, which is why guarded houses still appear on the calendar.
We keep a record of every visit on our calendar. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs, based on what we found in the gutter. Residential and commercial scheduling questions go to the phone, but the record works the same way for either. The first visit is also the time to talk about the rainwater path away from the foundation and whether the blockage calls for regular gutter cleaning or a one-time clear.
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 works across Fernandina Beach and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. We clean gutters for the homeowner who wants the work done right the first time, and our gutter cleaning service is built around residential properties. The booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and in our busiest windows the open slots fill quickly, so the sooner you call the better your chances of a day that suits you.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning. The crew works from the outside and does not go inside the house. Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts on the house. If you want to clean your gutters between visits, or to get your gutters on a regular calendar, we can talk about the schedule that fits the lot. Our crew has cleaned gutters on homes across the area and we can tell you what we found on the closest jobs.
That is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage: call early, get the price in writing, and book the date that works. Our gutter services cover cleaning and maintenance in one visit. Gutter maintenance we find beyond the cleaning, like a loose hanger, is photographed and reported, not sold on the spot. We keep the process plain so you know what happens before the crew arrives.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure here because the same two-story house can take a different amount of time depending on what is in the gutter. The quote you get is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book a spring visit and a fall visit. Across Florida, the spring visit lands in mid to late April and the fall visit in November to December, when the seeds, pollen and leaves build up into blockages. Waiting too long means the clog has time to sit, the downspout backs up during heavy rainfall, and the landscape around the foundation takes the runoff.
Most slots come up within the week. We do not promise same-day work for our cleaning services in Fernandina Beach, because the calendar fills and the crew needs time to set up. We confirm the date when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the ground is left clean when the crew is done.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check that the water is carried away from your home. Where a line runs underground we confirm the water reaches the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seeds or grit, and those settle on top of the guard and into the trough. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspout and reseat the guards. That is still gutter maintenance, and the guards go back on before the crew leaves.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. For Fernandina Beach gutter cleaning, if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after. The number 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.
