Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts across Sweetwater, flushing each run and flow-testing it before we leave, with the leaves hauled off and photos of every run sent to you. Homeowners here get a price built from their stories, their home's size 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 our customers book for spring and fall, and that is when we see the most clogged runs.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Sweetwater homes get that same kind of quote for every gutter cleaning services job we book here. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather you see one number that covers the whole job.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once they are on site. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the house wall. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and a clog that long has to be broken loose by hand before the runs can be clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs here we see the same things again and again: a rain gutter that spills water over the edge in heavy rainfall, leaves and debris packed into a mat that has started to rot the board behind the trough, and a sag in the middle of the run where the weight has pulled it loose. Clogged downspouts cause most of it, and a blockage at the bottom elbow is usually the first sign. The water flow stops, and the rain spills over the edge instead of running water away from the house, which can lead to structural damage in the fascia. Commercial properties get the same method: we check the drainage, clear the buildup and give you one number. If you want a quote, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will come back with a number that is the number we charge.
| 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 usual spring visit falls in mid to late April and the usual fall visit in November to December. Most of our customers here book for spring and fall, once after seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves, and that timing lines up with the rainy stretch. Sweetwater gets 69.7 inches of rain a year, with the wettest months in June, August and September, so you want the clean runs in place before then. When we open a gutter in the spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of the runs. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose by winter, with water backing up along the roofline.
Under heavy tree cover we book customers every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and a clog can build up quickly. With few or no trees around the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the rainwater moving. Gutters with guards need less frequent cleaning, but we still clean the surface and check the flow each time. Regular gutter cleaning service on a set schedule is the easiest way to keep your gutters flowing, and after the first visit we give you an estimate for the tier your lot actually needs. Both residential properties and residential and commercial sites get the same tiered plan, and the rule stays the same: clean your gutters before the rain sets in.
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 works from the nearest base, and the work on each house is the same. Our gutter services start with a quote from your stories, your home's size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a homeowner can start that by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. A photo of the house front helps us see the job before we arrive. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the busiest windows are spring and fall, when most of our customers book at the same time. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
If you want a slot before the busy weeks fill up, call early and we will hold one, so you can get your gutters cleaned before the spring rush. If the eave line is hard to reach from the ground, tell us when you book so we can plan for a lift. Every visit covers the whole gutter system, and our gutter services include a drainage check at the outlet. We pull out any twig or seed pod jammed in the elbow, and we report any leak at a seam before we leave. Between cleanings, gutter guards still need a look, since the grit and needles settle on top of them. We clean the gutters to move water away from your home and protect your home from water damage. We keep the crew small enough that every job gets the same care, whether it is a single-story ranch or a three-story house with a steep pitch, and surrounding areas get the same crew and the same photos. Our advice is to keep your gutters running clear, and the rest of the work stays simple.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Homes here get a single number over the phone or by text, and it is the number on your invoice.
Our customers here usually book spring and fall. If you wait too long in the spring, the seed and pollen paste is packed into the elbows, and in the fall the wet leaf mat is what we find on houses that skipped the visit.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need something sooner, tell us and we will see what the calendar allows.
No. The gutter cleaning process is all outside work, and our crew does not come inside. They send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves, and the yard is left clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water run to the outlet. If a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often. On our jobs we find needles, grit and mulch from the landscape beds sitting on top of the guard, and once that layer is wet, rain runs over it and off the edge. We clean the surface and check the flow each time, which is part of our gutter maintenance on guarded systems.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge, it is usually a slope or outlet-size problem, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video from heavy rainfall, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem, because cleaning and maintenance cannot fix a slope.
It should not. A homeowner gets the number on the quote, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
