Our own crew cleans gutters in St. Augustine, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and 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 sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we are on the ladder most often.
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. Every homeowner asks the same thing first, so we give the estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but the per-foot math skips the things that actually cost us time on a roof. Commercial properties are priced the same way, from the same three inputs.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk changes the approach entirely, and a walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits far above the ground. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes down packed with years of buildup and compacted debris, which takes longer to clear than a light seasonal load. A single twig in a downspout elbow can start a backup. Tree cover and the landscape around the house decide how fast the gutters refill. Guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, and the leaves and debris go with the truck, never billed as an extra. The goal on every visit is a clean run from end to end. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our St. Augustine homes, the same problems repeat: seed and pollen packed in the elbows, clogged downspouts that show up as a sag, and water running behind the fascia after heavy rainfall. A rain gutter that sags shows the same pattern, a run that has pulled away from the fascia. When we open a gutter like that, we flush every downspout on the run, check the drainage and the water flow to the end, and tell you what we found. On a recent local job, the gutter had been left for two years and the downspout was the real problem, so we cleared it, flushed it through, and confirmed it drained clean before we moved on. Left long enough, that water turns into structural damage. Our goal is to get water away from the foundation. Price follows what the crew actually finds, and we explain it the same way every time.
Our service starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with a photo of the front of the house. We give you a number from those details before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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, the spring visit lands in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in November to December, after the leaves are down. That timing holds for residential and commercial properties alike, because the pollen and the leaves do not check what the building is used for. Spring clears the seed casings out of the elbows, and fall clears the leaf load before the wet season. Across Florida, hurricane season is the other reason to book on time, since a clogged run is the first thing to fail when heavy rainfall comes through. Keeping up with a regular gutter cleaning service keeps the runs clean, so the trough is empty when the storm arrives.
When we open a gutter here in spring, we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and gutters that skipped the fall visit tend to show a sag or a loose run by the time the rain returns. Under heavy tree cover, the visits need to come closer together, so the clean needs to come sooner, because grit and wet leaves pack into the downspout between visits. With few or no trees, one visit in late fall is enough.
We also check the roofline between visits. A clog, or any blockage in the run, shows up first as water coming over the edge instead of out of the downspout. Rainwater spilling over the edge is the first sign, so send a photo the day you see it, and a quick text lets us tell you whether it needs a visit. That is a check, not a replacement for the scheduled clean. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 when you are ready to book the next date.
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.
Our crew covers St. Augustine from a nearby base and works the surrounding areas as a whole, so the schedule runs on the route rather than the postal address. Each clean is booked by stop, and our gutter services work the same way for every address. Most homeowners start with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The same route, crew and photo set go to residential properties. Spring and fall are the two busiest windows of the year, so those dates fill first, and a St. Augustine gutter cleaning booked early in the window leaves less work for the rest of the season.
When you clean your gutters on a set schedule, we can keep the same crew and the same route each visit, which makes the photos easier to compare. Keeping up with gutter maintenance is what keeps the runs clear between storms, and the crew clears gutters and downspouts on the same visit. Between cleanings, a single photo of a leak or an overflowing run is enough for us to tell you whether it needs an earlier cleaning. The point is to keep your gutters running clear and the water moving away from your home, not to sell a second visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar, or text a photo of the roofline and we will reply with the next open window.
Our gutter services start with stories and size, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure off the page; you get the price for your house before we schedule anything.
Across Florida, the spring visit lands in mid to late April and the fall visit in November to December. Skip the fall visit and the leaf mat sets, so get your gutters on the calendar before the leaves finish dropping.
Same-day is only offered when the schedule allows it, and most slots come up within the week. Our cleaning services in St. Augustine run on the route across St. Augustine, and we confirm the date when you call at (866) 435-6328.
No. Our gutter cleaning process is outside only: the crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Move any landscape clutter away from the walls, leave the side gate unlocked, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout, and a clogged downspout that feeds a buried line is checked at the outlet. Clearing the buried line itself is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep out the leaves but let needles and grit settle on top, so we still clear the surface and check the water flow. A guarded gutter system needs less gutter maintenance, not none, so cleaning and maintenance is shorter, not gone.
A clean gutter that still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout problem, not a clog or debris problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A rain gutter that has been overflowing for a long time can also hide rot and structural damage, and that is a separate conversation.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it and agree before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, which is how you protect your home from water damage without surprises on the bill.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
