Our own crew provides gutter cleaning services in Fort Lauderdale, flushes every downspout, flow-tests each run, bags what comes out and hauls it away, and takes photos of every run before we leave. Each clean starts with your stories, roof size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. When we finish, the ground is clean too, and the photos show it.
Across Florida, most of our customers book two visits a year, one in mid to late April and one in November to December. After the first clean, they usually tell us the same thing: they never knew what was sitting in the gutter until we opened it.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. Most homeowners ask about the number first, especially if they are planning a spring and fall schedule, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the ones you can see from the driveway: 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 and packed with compacted buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath. A clean run goes fast. A packed one is where the time goes. We price the whole gutter system on the house, not one run at a time. Downspout flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across the Fort Lauderdale homes we clean, the quote changes most when the gutter is packed with compacted leaf mat and clogged downspouts sit at the elbows. A clog at the elbow slows the water flow, means more time on the ladder, and adds more material to haul. A leak at a seam under a packed run usually shows up as a stain, so we check that too. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will tell you which of these applies before anyone climbs up.
| 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.
Across Florida, most of our customers book twice a year: a spring visit in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and a fall visit in November to December, after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have started to sag by winter. The leaves from a wet summer are why fall visits run long, and a gutter that was clean in April can still be packed by June.
In Fort Lauderdale FL, under heavy tree cover with big trees over the house, our customers are on a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and a rain gutter that looks clear from the ground can still back up in a storm. On that schedule, regular gutter cleaning keeps the water moving. Houses with few or no trees need a visit once a year, in November to December. Guards reduce the work, but gutter maintenance still means we clear the surface and check the flow, so guarded gutters go on the calendar too, just less often, and a clean trough under a guard still needs its surface checked.
Our crew sees the gutter clog, the rainwater backing up at the roofline and the blockage at the downspout outlets on every visit, and that is why the schedule matters more than the season alone. Set a schedule and keep your gutters on it, and when you clean your gutters on that schedule, you protect your home from water damage around the foundation and fascia. Left alone, a run that holds water can turn into structural damage at the fascia board. After the first visit we give you an estimate for which tier your lot actually needs, and we flush every downspout so you know the gutters and downspouts we ran are working.
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 Fort Lauderdale, and the quote comes from the house, not the neighborhood. Fort Lauderdale homeowners book by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house front if that is easier. We ask for stories, roof size and whether trees hang over the house, and every homeowner who calls gets a number and a window. If you are in the surrounding areas, ask on the call whether your street is covered before you plan around it.
Lead time changes with the season. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows, the spring visit and the fall visit, when most homes are already due for a visit, so book early if you want a specific day. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want the gutter cleaning process explained before you commit, ask us on the call and we will walk you through it. A clean first visit sets the schedule for the rest of the year. If you have gutter guards, or a twig has worked under the edge, mention it on the call, since the visit is planned around it.
Get your gutters on the schedule before the heavy rainfall arrives, because a clean gutter is the easiest way to keep water away from your home. Our cleaning and maintenance visits cover the full run, and each of our cleanings ends with photos on your phone. A fort lauderdale gutter cleaning appointment with us is one of our gutter services, and it is a short visit for most houses. A leak at the seam or a soggy landscape bed below the downspout is often the first sign the trough is full. This page is written for residential properties. If your building is a residential and commercial mix, or one of the commercial properties, say so on the call so we can tell you whether it fits before anyone plans a visit.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before anyone is booked. We do not quote from a fixed sheet, because the same two-story house can be a clean, quick job or a slow one depending on what is in the gutter.
Across Florida, most of our customers book a spring visit in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and a fall visit in November to December, after the leaves come down. June, September and October are the wettest months here, and a leaf mat left through them is harder to clear, with clogged downspouts and water running behind the fascia.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a specific date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless we actually have an open crew that day.
No. 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.
We flush every downspout and check drainage at the outlet. If a buried drain line is not draining, we tell you, but clearing an underground line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep most leaves and debris out, but a twig, seed casings and grit still get through and mat on top, and the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards.
A rain gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, and no amount of scooping will fix it. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left running, that water can rot the fascia board. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we quote is the number we charge for the whole gutter system, and if something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
