Our own crew cleans gutters in Temple Terrace, FL for temple terrace homeowners who are seeing water come over the edge. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and grit are hauled away, and you get 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 over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Florida most of our customers book in mid to late April and again in November to December, when the seeds and pollen have dropped and the last leaves are down. The simple move is to get your gutters clean before the heavy rainfall of June through August.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our cleaning services in temple terrace are priced that way on every house, and some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place on most houses.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the back run, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Our gutter cleaning process covers the whole run: every gutter, then every downspout. We flush each one, check the water flow, and include the haul-away in the price, never as an extra. A blockage deep in a buried line is a separate job, and buried drainage lines are quoted before anyone touches them. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. A clean gutter at the end of the visit is what you are paying for.
Across Florida, the homeowner who books cleanings every season tends to pay less on each visit than the one who waits until water is coming over the edge, because the leak and the sag come with the buildup. Our crew sees the same pattern on every street we work: the house that is cleaned on schedule is quicker to finish and easier to get back on the calendar. To get your estimate, call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the price before you book.
| 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 gutter cleaning services twice a year, in spring and fall: once in mid to late April after the seed and pollen drop, and once in November to December after the last leaves come down. In April we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is leaves and grit, a wet mat that holds water, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag by the time the rain season is back, which is how structural damage starts.
On our Temple Terrace jobs, houses under heavy tree cover are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack a clogged downspout between visits. Houses with few or no trees and a plain landscape around the foundation are fine with one clean a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the rhythm but not the need: they hold back leaves, and we still clear what lands on top of them, which is why gutter maintenance on a guarded house is a shorter visit, not a skipped one.
Our crew keeps the gutter system clear through the wettest months, when heavy rainfall fills a clogged run and turns it into standing water and rot at the fascia. Across temple terrace we see the same thing every rainy season, and the clean gutter is the one that keeps rainwater away from your home and off the roofline. A rain gutter that drains at the downspout is the goal, and it is the reason to clean your gutters before June, not after the first leak. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and a schedule that fits is how you protect your home from water damage.
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 book the quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, with a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Our gutter cleaning service is booked the same way, and booking is quick for most addresses; we confirm the date when you call at (866) 435-6328. The busiest windows on our calendar are late April and the November to December stretch, so book early if you want a particular week. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home.
Our crew covers temple terrace homes and the surrounding areas from the nearest base in Temple Terrace, FL, and we run the temple terrace fl addresses on the same route. We do regular gutter cleaning on residential properties and, where the building calls for it, on commercial properties on the same route. Our gutter services follow one process no matter the building: a quote, a date, and photos of every run before the truck leaves. Your quote covers cleaning and maintenance on one ticket, and debris removal is always included.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We give it over the phone or by text, and it is the number on the invoice.
Across Florida, most customers book in mid to late April and again in November to December, the spring and fall visits. Here the wettest months are June, July and August, so if you wait past that stretch, the sag and the leak are usually what we find.
Most clean slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day is not something we promise.
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.
Yes, we flush every downspout on the gutters and downspouts we clean, and any clogged downspout gets worked from the top until the run comes out clean. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards hold back leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit mat on top, and that mat can become a clog that sends water over the edge. We clear what sits on the guard and check that water is getting in. The simplest way to keep your gutters working through the rainy season is a scheduled visit.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout problem, not debris. Send us a photo in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
