Our own crew cleans gutters in Gainesville, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we can see the most in your gutters.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price a gutter cleaning service by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run is measured, but we would rather give a homeowner one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back of the house, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on recent jobs. Across the houses we clean in town, the quote moves most with stories and tree cover, and the leaves and debris that pile up in the trough are what tell us how long the job will run. When we open a gutter that has been left a long time, we find a clog that has been forming for months, a buildup at the elbows and a twig wedged in the downspout, and the water flow is down before anyone notices a sag. Gainesville homes with heavy tree cover tend to need the most attention on the downspout. We would rather tell you that on the phone than surprise you halfway through the job.
Gutter cleaning services can look alike from the sidewalk, but the difference shows up in the drainage. A rain gutter that is full of leaves and needles throws water over the front edge instead of letting it run to the downspout, and that sends water right against the foundation, where the fascia starts to rot and structural damage follows over time. Clogged downspouts at the bottom are the same problem one step later. Before we leave, we check that each downspout is carrying water away from the structure all the way to the ground. If something else is wrong, like a hanger that has pulled loose or a seam dripping, we photograph it and report it instead of selling it to you.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a number from what we can see. Ask for a written estimate if you want one before you book.
| 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 homeowners book twice a year. Across Florida the spring window opens in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from December to early January, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter in spring we find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows of the downspout. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we often see a rain gutter that has started to sag by the next rainy season.
Here is how we see the schedule break down on our jobs. Regular gutter cleaning twice a year covers most houses. Under heavy tree cover in the landscape, or near a busy road or construction, the gutter fills faster and we see the clog build between visits, so those customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack into the downspout between cleanings. A house with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year, in December to early January. Guards, where they exist, mean less often, but the surface still has to be cleared. Once a year, twice a year, or every three to four months: the rainwater has to get out of the way, and the frequency comes from what the gutter collects.
Hurricane season runs across Florida, and in Gainesville FL the wettest months are June, July and August, with about 54.6 inches of rain a year. A blockage that is small in spring can become a real problem by the time those months arrive. Our estimate for your house is based on the tree cover and the height of the house, and we tell you what we find on the first visit. Residential and commercial jobs both start with a site look, because residential properties and commercial properties differ in height and pitch. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Do not guess at the schedule; have us look and let the gutter tell you. Ask for a written estimate on the first visit, and if you want to clean your gutters before the wettest months, we will put the frequency in writing too.
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.
We clean gutters across Gainesville from our crew base, and we know the neighborhoods where the trees are heavy and the gutters fill fastest. Booking works like this: you call or text, we ask about stories, approximate size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We give you a quote from that, and then we set a date. That is our gutter cleaning process in short, and it is how Gainesville gutter cleaning gets booked. The lead time depends on the week, and the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, fill up first, so book early if you can. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home.
Our calendar fills in the spring and fall, which is why we tell people to book before the seed drop or before the leaves start. If you are in one of the surrounding areas outside the city limits, call us and we will tell you whether we can get there on the date you want. We do the work on gutters and downspouts that keeps water moving away from your home. Between cleanings, keep your gutters clean by pulling leaves and any twig out of the trough by hand, so the gutter is less likely to fail under the first heavy rainfall. If you have gutter guards, we lift the panels and clear underneath them on every visit. Gutter services are only useful when they run on time.
If you have a question about the process, or you want to know whether a date is open, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo and ask. To get your gutters on the schedule, call now. We will tell you what we can do and when. Protect your home from water damage by booking the visit now, before a small leak becomes the next storm's problem.
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 range here because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters.
Most homeowners book a spring visit, which across Florida falls in mid to late April after the seed drop, and a fall visit from December to early January, after the leaves come down. If you wait longer than that, we usually find more packed muck, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag before the next rainy season. Cleaning and maintenance on those two visits is how we keep the runs level.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in Gainesville, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar depends on the season and the crew.
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 the water is moving to the ground, so a clean run is what you should see at the outlet. If a drain line runs underground and the water is not coming out at the outlet, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a paste that stops the water from getting in. Guards change the gutter system, but they do not end gutter maintenance. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspout and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, it is usually a slope or downspout size problem and not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never after the work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
