Our own crew cleans gutters in Palmetto, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, all of it hauled away, 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 roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Florida, most of the homes we clean book in spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the job from the first ladder to the last photo.
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 gutter system. Palmetto homeowners get the quote by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, though the count of runs and the height of each one are what actually set the bill.
Here is what moves the quote on our jobs. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold leaves, a twig or two, and debris that compact into slabs, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A run pulled loose by structural damage at the fascia, or a board gone soft with rot, is a repair, so we report it and quote it separately. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every quote, so you pay for a clean run and nothing extra. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Palmetto homes, the gutter we open most often is one packed with seeds, leaf mat and grit, where the clog holds the water flow back and the run sags under the weight. Once the run is clean, we check where the water exits. When we work a home in the neighborhoods we serve, we ask the same three questions: how many stories, how big the footprint, and how much canopy sits over the eaves. Those answers set the crew size and the time on the ladder. Ask for a photo of the house front by text if that is easier than describing it, and we will tell you what we see.
Residential properties and commercial buildings both get the same straight quote, and the clean your gutters request follows the same path either way. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the drainage moving and keeps the clog from building into a bigger job, which is why many of our customers book two cleanings a year. For a residential or commercial building, the gutter cleaning services we provide start at the phone call, and our gutter services end when the photos reach your phone.
| 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, in mid to late April after the seed and pollen drop, and in November to December after the last leaves come down. Open a gutter during the spring visit and you find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that blocks the flow, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose before the next spring.
On Palmetto FL lots under heavy tree cover, every three to four months keeps the rainwater moving, because needles, grit and leaves pack the downspouts between visits, and clogged downspouts back the water up into the gutter. A roofline near a busy road or a construction site gets the same schedule for the same reason. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Guards cut the visit frequency, but we still clean the surface and check that the downspouts are set to water away from the foundation, so guards on a Palmetto home do not mean skipping the calendar.
The blockage we see most is the buildup that grows slowly, a little more each month until the rain gutter cannot hold a storm. Our estimate after the first visit tells you which of these schedules your lot actually needs, and we keep the same records so the next visit starts from what we already found. On each visit we flush every downspout, and the gutter is left clean before the truck leaves. Protect your home from water damage: keep your gutters on a schedule that matches your trees and your roofline, and call (866) 435-6328 to set it up.
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 work across Palmetto and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and the city is covered as a whole. The gutter cleaning process starts with a call or a text: we ask for stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. The lead time on a slot depends on the season, and we tell you the first date we can hold when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of spring and fall, so a call early in those months is the easiest way to get a clean slot on the schedule.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Crews come in a marked truck, park away from your home, and keep off the landscape beds while they set their stand-offs and work the gutter from the ladder. Any gutter guards get lifted, cleaned underneath and reseated before the truck pulls out. They leave every run clean before the truck pulls out, and they never come inside. If a homeowner wants to be present for the walk-around, that is welcome, but it is not required.
A homeowner with heavy rainfall coming and an overflowing run or a leak at a seam should say so on the call, because we can often fit that visit in ahead of a regular slot. Palmetto gutter cleaning is a straightforward booking. Repeat cleanings start from the notes we keep after the first visit, and the gutter maintenance schedule we set is written down, covering cleaning and maintenance, so you know when the next visit is due. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house to book a date, and we will take care of the rest, from the first ladder to the last photo.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutter system, and the cleaning services in Palmetto are quoted by phone or text before we come out.
Most of our customers book in mid to late April and again in November to December, and when we open a gutter in those months we find the seed, the pollen, or the leaves and debris that have built up since the last visit.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will arrive.
No. Our crew works outside, leaves the yard clean, 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, every downspout gets a flush and a flow test, including clogged downspouts, and we check where the water exits. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still needs a visit, especially under the landscape trees, because the guards hold back leaves while needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard and mat there. We clear the surface and check that water is still getting in.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. If the run has pulled loose, there may be structural damage at the fascia, and we report that. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is and how to get the water away from the house, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
