Our own crew cleans gutters in Stockbridge, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess 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 the invoice. Across Georgia most of our customers book in the spring and fall, which is when the seed drop and the leaf load build up fastest.
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. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place, though the per-foot method hides how much time the crew spends on height and access.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. A rain gutter that has not been cleaned in years comes down packed with compacted leaves, and a clog or blockage at a bend adds time, so it is slower work than a seasonal visit. A run that has begun to sag is flagged before work starts, since it changes how the crew reaches it. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Downspout flushing, flow testing, debris removal and a clean finish are included in the number and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Stockbridge gutter cleaning jobs the quote usually turns on the same three things: stories, roof size and what has built up in the run. Stockbridge homeowners in heavy tree neighborhoods see leaves and debris packed into the back run and clogged downspouts that send water toward the foundation. The crew flushes the downspout, clears the run and leaves it clean, and the quote is the one given on the phone. Water away from your home is the point, and good drainage prevents the structural damage and rot that cost far more than a visit. If your gutters have not been checked, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see.
| 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 cleanings in Stockbridge GA get booked twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is when the seed drop and the leaf load build up fastest. Across Georgia, the spring visit falls in mid to late April, and on our jobs that is when we open a gutter and find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows, with pollen turned to paste. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and Stockbridge has freeze risk, so the first ice that sits in the trough and the ice dams at the eave come next. Our fall visits in Stockbridge land in November to early December. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we see runs sagging or pulling loose by midwinter, even when the run looked clean in the summer.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm our crews see on those lots, because twig ends, needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Across Georgia, tropical remnants bring heavy rainfall, and Stockbridge averages 52.9 inches of rain a year, with its wettest months in January, July and December, so rainwater has less room to run off. Near a busy road or active construction, the same tighter schedule applies. With few or no trees, regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep water moving. Guards mean the job comes less often, but the surface still needs clearing, and the crew checks underneath on every visit. A gutter left alone long enough lets rainwater overflow onto the walls and the landscape around the foundation, and a clean run is cheaper than a repaired wall.
Here is how we sort it on a first gutter cleaning service visit. We look at the trees over the roof, the gutter line and how fast the buildup forms on your lot, then tell you which tier your house actually needs. If a clog is what we find in the back run, we clear it and send you the photo. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can ask for a written estimate for the next booking date. If the gutter is clean and still overflows, that points to slope or downspout capacity rather than a buildup problem, and we will say so. If you're asking when to clean your gutters, ask on the first call and we will set the schedule for your lot.
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 Stockbridge and the surrounding areas. Every homeowner gets the same crew, the same photos and the same invoice, and we clean gutters on residential and commercial properties alike. Residential properties and commercial properties are priced the same way, from the same three things. The quote comes by phone or text from your stories, your home's size and your tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front gutters, and we will give you a date. Lead times depend on the week, so ask when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf load peak.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our gutter cleaning process starts with that call, and the crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run, clean and checked, before the truck leaves. If you want the crew to flush every downspout and check the drain line at the outlet, say so when you book, since that covers the gutters and downspouts end to end. We work hard to protect your home from water damage, and a leak at a seam is the first thing we look for. Keep your gutter system clean to the outlet and water stays off the foundation. Regular gutter maintenance keeps your gutter services on one schedule, and it lets us keep the same ladder and the same details on your file.
Our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the last leaves. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice in the trough makes the job slower and the risk of ice dams higher.
Lead times depend on the week, so call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the earliest date while you are on the line.
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, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested until it runs clean. A clog in a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find surface buildup sitting on top of the guards and needles threaded through, so the crew lifts the panels, clears underneath and leaves the trough clean. Guards still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout capacity problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, never on the invoice. Ask for a written estimate if you want to get your gutters priced in writing before we book.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
