Our own crew cleans gutters in Memphis, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off the property, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice.
On our Memphis jobs most customers book in the spring and fall, and we are happy to walk you through what we find on each visit.
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, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The price we give is the price 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 figure for the whole house. Gutter cleaning services are priced for the whole house, and homeowners get that written figure before a ladder goes up. Drainage is the whole point, so the price is built around getting water away from the foundation, not around the crew's hours.
What moves the price 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 nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat. A rain gutter packed with compacted debris takes longer than one that was cleared last year, and a clog at the bottom of a downspout means we flush it from both ends. Clogged downspouts are often where the extra time goes, so we check them first on the walk around the house.
Downspout flushing, water flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Leaves and debris go into bags and leave with the truck, and the crew leaves every downspout running clean at the bottom. Gutters and downspouts are cleared as one job, so the quote covers both. If anything changes the job once we see it, the homeowner hears about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Memphis homes we have seen the same pattern repeat: a run that looks clean from the ground turns out to have a leaf mat and a buildup of grit that is holding water back, and that is where the sag and the leak start. Left alone, that can turn into structural damage to the fascia and the roofline. Heavy tree cover around the house shows up fast at the downspout. Commercial properties follow the same logic, priced per building and scheduled on a fixed calendar. If you want the number for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
| 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 Memphis customers book twice a year, in the spring and fall, once after seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down. Across Florida, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late April, and when we open a gutter at that visit we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. Across Florida, the fall visit runs November to December, and by then it is a wet leaf mat that holds water against the fascia and the rainwater has nowhere to go. A clean gutter in April does not stay clean for long under a tree, and between cleanings the trough refills with whatever the trees drop.
Under heavy tree cover and dense landscape beds, needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, so those houses are on a schedule of every three to four months. A single twig in the elbow is enough to start a clog. A house with few or no trees is usually fine with one visit a year, timed to the fall visit. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, and that visit is less often than an open run but not zero. Memphis FL homes follow the same pattern, so the schedule is set by the tree cover, not the calendar alone.
Watch for soft fascia that has begun to rot, a run that pulls loose from the roofline, or water pouring over the front edge in heavy rainfall. Those are signs the gutter system has a blockage deeper than a surface clean will reach. Once the drainage path is clear, water should leave at the outlet on its own. If you are not sure whether to clean your gutters this season, call us, and the crew will give you a written estimate on the visit.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule for the spring or fall visit, or ask us for the regular gutter cleaning schedule for your address. Schedules start with the first visit, and each gutter cleaning service is booked against the crew calendar. A regular schedule is the easiest way to keep your gutters running, and debris removal is part of every visit, not an add-on. The same calendar covers residential properties, and the crew runs residential and commercial roofs the same way.
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 send crews out from the nearest base, and the crew goes wherever the calendar sends it. Memphis gutter cleaning bookings start with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Jobs in the surrounding areas are booked the same way. Lead times vary through the busy months, so ask when you call.
The two windows when our calendar fills are the spring and fall visits, the same two windows most homeowners here already know about. Most homes book those two cleanings a year, and homes with gutter guards are booked the same way, with the guards lifted for the visit. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior job. Booking early in those windows helps us keep your gutters on the schedule, and a clean gutter is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage. On every visit the crew will flush every downspout, so a clog that would leak behind the fascia gets caught before the rain does.
We also do residential gutter cleaning for homeowners and commercial work for property managers, so the crew is used to both kinds of roofline. Our residential and commercial gutter services follow the same process, and the crew leaves the property clean when it is done. Whether it is one house or a block of buildings, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us what you need, and we will set a date that works.
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 give a figure without knowing the house.
Across Florida, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late April and the fall visit runs November to December. If the gutters wait past the fall visit, the leaf mat stays wet against the fascia and we find runs that have started to pull loose from the roofline.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Ask about the next opening when you get your gutters booked.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 in while the ladders are up. The gutter cleaning process is the same whether you are home or not.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it. Flushing keeps water away from your home and leaves the outlet clean.
Yes, guarded gutters still need clearing on a schedule, because the gutter system under the guard collects needles, seed casings and grit blown in from the landscape, and guards add a step to cleaning and maintenance without replacing it.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in heavy rainfall, send us a photo or video taken in the rain, and we will tell you whether the cause is slope or downspout size, which is a repair question we name plainly instead of selling a second round of gutter services.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before we start, never on the invoice. Across Memphis, that is how every quote we write is handled.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
