Our own crew cleans gutters in St. Petersburg, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, roof size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Florida, most of our customers book for spring and fall, and we keep the same routine on every St. Petersburg job.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Every homeowner gets the quote over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some cleaning services in st. petersburg price gutter maintenance per linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the footage is counted. Nobody on our crew is going to add a line item at the end of a clean job.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than anything else. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold a packed leaf and twig mat, and a run with a sag holds water in the low spot, which takes extra time to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat before the cleaning starts add to the visit. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything from the gutters and downspouts are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here in St. Petersburg we see the same pattern on most houses. A typical job at a single-story home with a modest run of gutters looks very different from a two-story home with trees on the roof. The heavy rainfall in July, August and September makes the difference clear, because the buildup that sat quietly all year starts to hold rainwater and overflow. When a clog is caught early, the job runs quicker and the gutters come out clean. When it has been left for a season, the crew spends more time on the leaves and grit before any water can flow. Whether you want a regular gutter cleaning schedule or a single visit, the same process applies: we walk the roofline, clear each run, flush every downspout until it runs clean, and photograph the result. Ask for the gutter cleaning process before you book and we will walk you through it on the phone. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate that covers the cleaning and maintenance in one number.
| 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 St. Petersburg customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Florida the pattern holds: late spring and late fall are the windows that catch the most buildup before the rainy season. In spring, a clean gutter does not stay clean long, because seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf load that does the damage, sitting on top of the gutter system until one clog at a downspout elbow lets it all go over the edge in the first heavy rain.
Under heavy tree cover, or where a mulched landscape bed sits under the eaves, we see clogs return faster, so those homes are on a schedule of every three to four months. Needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits, and drainage and water flow slow long before the gutter looks full from the ground. A home with few or no trees keeps clean gutters on a once-a-year visit in late fall. Gutter guards reduce the work but do not remove it, so they go on the same cycle with the surface still cleared.
Our crew sees the gutter system at its worst after a long dry stretch followed by a storm, and each rain gutter that looks clean from the ground can still be packed inside. Leaves and debris break down into a mat, and rot starts in the fascia behind any run that has been holding water. That is how a small leak becomes structural damage, and it is the reason the spring visit matters even on lots with light cover. Gutter cleaning services across St. Petersburg follow the same logic: the calendar depends on your trees and your roofline, not on a single rule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs to keep your gutters running clear, and we protect your home from water damage by keeping water away from your home on that schedule.
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 gutter cleaning service covers st. petersburg fl and surrounding areas from the nearest base. We book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: send us your stories, a rough sense of the roof size and whether trees hang over it, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to take. That is enough for a quote, and the calendar fills in the busy windows of the year, mostly the stretch after the spring and fall rains start. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our gutter services open slots as the calendar allows, and we confirm a date when you call to get your gutters on the schedule. Most st. petersburg homes we visit have a mix of older roofs with deep eaves and newer builds with simpler runs, and we plan each visit around what we find. Residential and commercial jobs both start with the same call, but a house usually fits in one trip for the cleaning, the flush and the debris removal. Commercial properties run on their own schedule, and residential properties get the same photo record, so we will tell you which kind of visit fits your building. If you need to clean your gutters before the next storm, say so on the call and we will tell you what the first available slot looks like. We clear any blockage in a downspout before we leave, and we leave the ground clean when we go.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We give it to you by phone or text, and we charge the number we quote. Our gutter services are priced the same way on every house.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, the mat sits on the gutters all winter and the rainy season finds the clogs.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless we have an opening that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We clear the gutters and downspouts, flush each one until it runs clean, and check the water flow at the outlet, including underground lines where we can see them. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes, less often. Under heavy tree cover, needles and seed casings sit on top of the guards, and rainwater stops flowing once that mat is wet. Guards help, but to keep your gutters working we clear the surface and check the flow each visit.
A rain gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, or a sag in the run. Send us 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.
The price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about 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.
