Our crew cleans gutters for homeowners here, clears every downspout, tests the flow, and hauls the debris away. You get photos of every run before we leave.
The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Florida, most of our customers book on a spring and fall schedule, and we keep those slots filled.
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 quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you run the numbers on a typical house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and debris, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every clean. Downspout clearing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across Florida, the houses we see most often arrive with a clog at the elbow of a downspout, a buildup of leaves and grit in the trough, and water flow that stops short of the drainage outlet. We check each run and flush every downspout until the water runs clear at the bottom. Margate homes with clogged downspouts carry the same risk of structural damage if the water sits, which is why we clear the trough before we leave rather than just scooping it out. A run that has started to sag holds water even when the trough is empty, so we check the pitch as well.
Our work covers residential and commercial properties, and the gutter cleaning process is the same on every house we clean. For a homeowner, the quote is one number from the three inputs above. Ask us for a written estimate if you want the scope in writing before you book, and we will send it.
| 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 our gutter cleaning services twice a year, in spring and fall, which is the schedule that keeps a rain gutter clear. Clearing the trough keeps water away from your home through the wet season. In spring, after the seed and pollen drop, we find the downspout elbows packed with paste. In fall, after the last leaves, we find the gutters and downspouts under a wet leaf mat that holds water against the roofline.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm we see on our jobs, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep rainwater moving. The landscape around the house decides how fast leaves build up, and a single twig in an elbow can grow into a full blockage within one wet season.
Regular gutter cleaning catches the buildup before it turns into a leak or a sagging run, and fewer cleanings tend to mean bigger jobs later. We look for early signs at every clean and note them in the photo report, so you can see the change from one visit to the next. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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.
Margate gutter cleaning runs on a regular route, and our crew works the residential properties and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Homeowners book by calling or texting a photo of the house front, and we give you a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. The quote comes by phone or text, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year for our gutter services, spring and fall, so those are the times to book early. Outside those windows, a clean can usually be booked sooner. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the next open date for your house, so you can get your gutters on the route.
Whether you want to protect your home from water damage or just keep your gutters clear on a schedule that fits your yard, the process is the same. We clean, flush every downspout, check the flow, and send the photos. Tell us how many cleanings a year you want, and we will set the route to match. That is how we keep the work consistent across Margate FL, house by house on the route.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not give a range here because the stories and size decide the number, not a standard rate. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it from those two things.
Our customers here book in spring and in fall. Across Florida, our spring visits usually land in mid to late April and fall visits in November to December. Heavy rainfall in Margate peaks in June, August and September, so a clear trough before that stretch matters most. Waiting past the wet season means more debris to haul and more time for water to back up.
Most slots come up within the week. Our cleaning services in Margate run on a route schedule, and we confirm the date when you call, so you know exactly when the crew arrives.
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 the water flow at the outlet. Clearing a buried underground line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and under it. Guards cut the workload but do not replace gutter maintenance, and cleaning and maintenance still keep water moving. We clear the surface, check each downspout and reseat the guards so the water still gets in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the cause is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, so the trouble sits in the gutter system itself. Water that keeps running over the edge can rot the fascia board behind it. 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. The price is set from stories, size and what is in the gutters before we arrive. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
