Our crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess 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 is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been doing that across Florida for years on the houses we clean. Call (866) 435-6328, or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what the job looks like.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our cleaning services in South Daytona, FL are priced from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote them over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured, but a per-foot figure hides the things that actually cost time on a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds in the gutter itself. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. A twig jammed in an elbow or a small leak at a seam takes minutes, but gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted leaf mat, and that takes longer than a light clean. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and hauling everything away from your home are part of the gutter cleaning process and are never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the quote is usually set by a two-story house with a heavy leaf load over the back run, and the crew sees that in the first minute of looking. Most homeowners who call us have had water running over the front edge in heavy rainfall and want to know what it takes to get your gutters running again. We ask about the house front by text if that is easy, and we give a firm number from there. Expect the same homeowner process every time: you describe the house, we confirm the scope, and the price stays where it was quoted. Gutter maintenance visits, and cleaning and maintenance on a guarded run, are priced the same way, and a clean gutter at the end of the job is part of the price, not an extra.
| 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 two cleanings a year, once in spring and once in late fall, and that schedule runs across South Daytona. Across Florida, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in November to December, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into clogged downspouts at the elbows, and by the fall visit it is leaves and debris, wet and settled over the back run, that we are clearing. A gutter that comes out clean in April can still fill again by fall. On the heavier-tree lots, a gutter that skipped the fall visit has shown us rot in the fascia by the next spring, which is structural damage we would rather have caught early.
Under heavy tree cover, the landscape around the house drops needles and grit all year, and a clog at the elbow stops water from moving the way it should between visits, so the schedule runs closer to every few months than every season. Lots with few or no trees do fine on one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, since the surface still needs clearing and a clean gutter under a guard takes less time than an open one. Gutter system maintenance on a guarded run costs less over the year than a repair, and during hurricane season across Florida a clogged run is where water gets in first, so keeping the schedule moves water away from the house and protects your home from water damage.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and we put it in the photo report so you can check it against what we found. Keeping the rain gutter running is the goal, so the aim is to keep your gutters clear between visits rather than to hold you to a fixed calendar. Gutter cleaning services at commercial properties follow the same tiers, and the photo report shows what a clean run looks like before the truck leaves.
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.
The crew covers the area from the nearest base, and we have cleaned gutters on South Daytona homes, so the phone quote usually comes back the same day you call. Booking is simple: you tell us the stories, the rough size and whether the house is under trees, and a photo of the house front by text helps if it is easy to send. A photo also shows a sag, a buildup of grit or a clog at the outlet, which tells us whether the job is a standard service or needs more time. The lead time on a slot depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months if you want a specific date, because the open slots in spring go first.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, since the crew works outside and the photos reach your phone either way. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the next open slot. Gutter cleaning service on residential properties is the main job we run here, and we also run commercial work, so residential and commercial jobs both get the same photo report. Good drainage after a regular gutter cleaning keeps the water flow steady through heavy rainfall, and debris removal is part of every visit. Book early if you want to clean your gutters before the storms of hurricane season. If a slot is not open, we tell you the next one we have and give you a firm date.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give an estimate by phone or text. We do not quote a range without seeing the house, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. In late spring the seed and pollen drop is what we are clearing, and in fall it is the leaves and the wet mat that settles over the back run. Across Florida the spring visit usually lands in mid to late April, and the fall visit in November to December.
Slots fill fastest in spring and fall, and we confirm a date when you call. If a same-day slot is open on our gutter services calendar we will say so on the phone. Same-day slots are rare, so ask when you call.
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. Ladder stand-offs protect your home from scratches on the siding while the crew works.
Yes. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet, since a clean outlet is the only proof the run works. If a downspout will not run clear, the blockage is usually worked from the top, and any clog left at the elbow is cleared by hand. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but on our gutters and downspouts we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing underneath. The surface still needs clearing, a clean-looking surface can still hide grit beneath, and we check that water is getting in, which helps keep your gutters running.
If the gutter is clean and rainwater still sheets over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than what is in the trough. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
