Our own crew cleans gutters in Duluth, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our Duluth customers book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall are both done with the house.
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 trough. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, and we are happy to walk you through either way. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate before we clean anything.
On our jobs, four things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, which takes longer to clean out by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Downspout flushing, a water flow check at the outlet, and debris removal are included in the number and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on Duluth houses. On one job in a neighborhood with a lot of mature cover, the back run was clogged with a clog of compacted leaf mat, and the downspouts were full of wet leaves and grit, so the crew spent extra time on each elbow before the flow ran clear. We told the owner that before we started, and the price we gave on the phone is the price on the invoice. Under heavy canopy the drainage problems show up as sag and buildup at the joints, and that is the work that sets the time. Clogged downspouts that back water onto the foundation are structural damage waiting to happen, and wood that stays wet long enough will rot, so we flag them in the photos so you can decide what to do next. We clean what is there and tell you what we see.
Duluth homes with heavy cover or long runs of rain gutter see the same pattern, and the crew prices for it. We clean out every run before we bill. Leaves and grit that sit in the trough through a wet season become a clog, then a sag, then water that runs over the edge instead of into the downspout. Keeping water away from the house is the point of the job, and that is what the quote covers for the gutters and downspouts.
| 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 Duluth customers book twice a year, once after the spring seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves are down. Across Georgia, the spring window is mid to late April, and that is when seed casings and pollen paste pack into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and a rainwater run that was left through the season is the one that sags by the time heavy rainfall arrives. Duluth averages about 54.1 inches of rain a year, with January, March and July the wettest months. Freezing nights in this county can form an ice blockage at the eave, and a gutter that was never cleaned gives the ice a place to start.
Under heavy tree cover, cleanings every three to four months keep up with needles and grit between visits. Lots with few or no trees in the landscape are fine with one clean a year in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but the surface still gets cleared, because leaf litter that sits on top of the guard turns into a roofline problem as soon as it gets wet. Duluth ga gutter cleaning service runs on the same logic everywhere we work: the more the roof sheds, the shorter the interval between regular gutter cleaning visits.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs. Residential and commercial properties follow the same rule of thumb, though commercial buildings with flat roofs usually need a closer look. For residential properties under trees, the first look at the roofline sets the schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 to book the first date, and the crew will confirm the interval once they have seen how clean the gutters are.
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 cleans gutters across Duluth and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. We flush every downspout on every job, and every duluth gutter cleaning job gets the same photo set. We work the whole city rather than a few streets, and Duluth homeowners get the same crew whether it is a small lot or a big one. The quote comes by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. To get your gutters on the calendar, call and we will tell you the first open date. The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the seed and leaf loads peak, so booking early in those months keeps your preferred day. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home while we clean.
If your house has gutter guards, tell us when you book so we can plan the lift. Guards do not change the homeowner's responsibility for the surface grit on top of them, and a twig that wedges under a guard is the first thing we clear. A clean roof and a clean gutter system protect your home from water damage at the foundation, and a leak at a joint is easier to spot when the trough is empty. Cleaning and maintenance is the reason to keep your gutters on a schedule. Gutter services are one visit, one invoice, and one photo set, so you know what gutter maintenance was done and what was found.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the figure before anything is booked.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. Waiting past the leaf drop in November is where we see sag and ice damage by March.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in Duluth, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our gutter cleaning process is all outside work. We do not come inside, we keep ladders away from your home, and photos of every run reach your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, on our jobs we find leaf litter and seed casings on top of the guard and grit underneath. We clean both.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, or a leak at a joint. Send us a photo or video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Not for the cleaning and maintenance we quoted on your gutter system. If something changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before the crew starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
