Our own crew cleans gutters here, flushing every downspout, flow-testing each run, hauling the leaves away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest on this side of town.
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, how big it is, 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is worked out.
On our jobs, a few things push the quote up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat add labor. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every cleaning and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on local work. A gutter clog that has been building for a season often shows up as a sag in the run, where the weight of wet leaves and grit has pulled the gutter down toward the downspout. Water flow stalls and drainage backs up, so the water finds its way back toward the fascia and the roofline instead of going out through the downspout. Leaves and debris packed into the elbows are the usual culprit, and a twig wedged at a bend does the same job. The buildup is worse on houses with heavy tree cover. Water away from the foundation is the whole point of the job, and when it fails, the first sign is often rot in a fascia board or soffit, which is structural damage somebody should have caught earlier. We see this on West Pensacola homes and on the commercial properties we service, and our crew handles residential and commercial work the same way. The fix is the same under our gutter cleaning services: clean the run, flush the clogged downspouts, and check the rain gutter from end to end.
| 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 in spring and fall. Across Florida, the spring visit lands in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit here lands in late November to December. Clean your gutters before the seed and pollen drop, or we find seeds packed into the elbows and pollen paste clogging the downspout when we open them. In the fall, after the last leaves come down, the wet leaf mat is what fills the runs. Keeping water moving through the rainwater path matters in the rainy months. West Pensacola gets about 57.6 inches of rain a year, and June, July and September are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall in those weeks is when a clogged run shows itself first, and a gutter that backs up at the roofline is an early sign of a clog or blockage.
Under heavy tree cover, we see houses that need a visit well before the fall one, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. Houses with few or no trees usually only need a late-fall visit each year. Gutter guards still need the surface clean, though less often. A downspout that empties onto a landscape bed needs a look too. Working on a home near a busy road or a construction site is another reason to come back more often.
After the first visit, we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs. Give us a call to set up your regular gutter cleaning and get your gutters on the schedule, or send a photo of the roofline and we will give you an estimate on the spot. Our service in West Pensacola FL runs on whatever cadence the lot needs.
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 works across West Pensacola and the surrounding areas, and we bring the same process to every house we clean. We clean gutters and downspouts to the same standard on every house. Booking West Pensacola gutter cleaning is simple: give us stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of spring and fall, so booking early keeps your slot. Every homeowner gets the same steps: we flush every downspout, check that water leaves at the outlet, and clean the run from end to end.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an outside job. Our crew stays on the ground and off the porch, and we send photos to your phone before we leave. Each homeowner gets those photos, and a leak at a seam shows up in them early. If you want us to keep your gutters clear all year, ask about our gutter services on a standing schedule, which helps protect your home from water damage. Residential properties and commercial sites can both go on the same schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar, or text us a photo to get a quote started.
The number comes from stories, size and what is in the gutters. Our cleaning services in West Pensacola are quoted by phone or text, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Our fall visits land in late November to December, after the last leaves come down. Across Florida, spring visits run mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop. If the gutters wait past the fall leaves, the wet mat sits on the runs through the winter and the downspout stays packed.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Give us a ring at (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the first opening.
No, you do not need to be home. 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, every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested. Once the run is clean, we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and under the guard. We clean the surface, flush the downspout and reseat the guards. Gutter maintenance with guards is lighter work, but the cleaning and maintenance still happen, just less often.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is and how to keep water moving away from your home, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: quote, clean, flush, photograph. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear 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.
