Our own crew cleans gutters in Fountainebleau FL, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit hauled away, and photos of every run sent once the gutters are clean. Homeowners here get every gutter checked, and the whole gutter system gets a look from the roofline down. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Florida, most of our customers book for spring and fall, and we keep the schedule tight enough that a slot usually opens soon after you call. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date.
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 in the gutters. We give the number over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. A clean run takes far less time than a packed one. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the access decide most of it on a real house.
What moves the number on our jobs is usually 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 that nobody has opened in years and that are packed with compacted muck, and guards that we have to lift and reseat before we can clear anything underneath. Flushing each outlet, flow testing and haul-off of everything we pull out are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across Florida, the houses that see the most change in the number are the ones with heavy tree cover, where needles and grit have had years to settle. On a typical house the number holds once we are on the ladder, and when it does not, we stop and tell you what we found before we go further. A clog in the trough is the usual first problem, a sag in a run is the next one, and a buildup of leaves and grit at a downspout elbow is what most often sets off water flow trouble. In Fountainebleau homes we see the same pattern: the elbow fills, water backs up, and water runs over the front edge instead of away from the house. Gutter cleaning services that clear only the trough leave that elbow full, so we do not. We run each downspout until the water comes out clean at the bottom. Good drainage depends on keeping the trough and the elbow clear. Commercial properties with flat roofs and internal drains follow a different schedule, which is why we price those on their own terms. Upkeep on a residential property usually costs far less than the repair that follows a rotted board. A rain gutter that is not kept clear fails the same way on any house, and the cost of waiting usually shows up later as structural damage, rot in the fascia and soffit. Leaves and grit are the cause; water away from your home is the goal.
| 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 book regular gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and that schedule covers most houses. In spring we open the gutters to find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall we find the leaf load, which is the thing that clogs the runs before the rainy season. Our crew usually sees the first sign of blockage at the outlets, where the water slows down and leaves a clog behind. Clean your gutters before the rain starts, and the first storm finds the runs open.
On residential properties under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we put a house on a schedule of every three to four months, because the buildup packs the outlets faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep up with. A house with few or no trees and a simple landscape usually needs only one visit a year, in late fall, and a lot with guards still needs a clean of the surface grit, though less often. Gutter cleaning service on that schedule is the same job each time, and the crew keeps notes so the cleanings go faster.
If you are not sure which tier your lot needs, we tell you after the first visit. We look at what came out of the gutters and downspouts, how fast the water runs, and where the muck collected, and then we say how often your lot needs us. That estimate comes from the house in front of us, not from a general rule. Keep your gutters clean on that schedule and the rainwater stays where it belongs, off the fascia and away from any roof leak.
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 covers Fountainebleau and the surrounding areas from the nearest base and works every neighborhood we serve, so the location of your house does not change the price. You can get a price by phone or text from your stories, your approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Ready to get your gutters looked at? Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will set a date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work.
Booking usually fills in the two busy windows of the year, when a homeowner is looking to clean before the rain and again after the leaves drop. If you call in one of those windows, expect the first open slot to be a few days out and plan around it. Outside those windows the calendar has more room. We take on residential and commercial work on the same route, so every one of our gutter services gets the same care, whether it is a house on our street or a building across town. Our cleaning services in Fountainebleau keep the gutters clear, and that is how you protect your home from water damage. The point is simple: fountainebleau gutter cleaning booked early keeps the water off your roofline when the storms come.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we schedule anything. It covers cleaning and maintenance on that visit, and it is the same number we charge on the invoice. Flushing and debris removal are already in it.
Our customers here usually book in spring and in fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat can sit in the runs and in clogged downspouts through the rainy season, and that is where we see the most overflow. The right month for your house depends on your trees.
We book across Fountainebleau. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the calendar has an opening 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.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a line drains underground and does not clear, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we price before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often, but the surface grit still sits on top of the guard and the water still has to get in. Under guards on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and the odd twig packed into the mat, and we clear them. Gutter maintenance on a guarded system is shorter, but it is not gone.
If a gutter is clean and still runs over in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not buildup. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and then you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The gutter cleaning process starts with the number from the phone, and that number is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
