Our own crew cleans gutters in Union City GA, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the material bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see the result. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roofline, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing gutter services for years, and most of our customers book spring and fall. Every homeowner gets the same photos.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on the number of stories, the 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. Some companies price residential and commercial gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run once you add up the whole house. We would rather give you one number for the whole job, and for commercial properties we would look at the site before giving a number.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. 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 higher off the ground than the front, and that changes how the crew sets up for the back of the house and checks the drainage at the outlet. A gutter system that nobody has opened in years comes down packed with compacted leaf mat, which is slower to clean out than a light fall. And guards we have to lift and reseat add time up top. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job once we are on the ladder, we tell you before work starts, not on the invoice.
On the Union City homes we clean, the ones with the most work are the ones where the gutters have not been opened in a long time. The seeds, leaf mat and grit make a buildup that holds water in the trough, and that water finds its way behind the fascia, where wood rot starts, and into the wall, and that is how a small leak begins. We have had calls from homes where the sag in a run was the first sign of a problem that started with clogged downspouts. Our crew flushes every downspout and checks where the water goes, because the whole job is getting water away from the house, so a clog that would have turned into structural damage gets caught on the visit. Where the rain gutter is just dirty and the water flow is fine, the job is quick and the trough is clean when the crew leaves.
| 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 two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down, which keeps the rainwater moving through the gutter and down the downspout. Across Georgia the spring visit falls in mid to late April, and by then the seed casings and pollen paste are already packed into the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes the blockage. The fall visit usually lands in late November to December, before the first hard rain comes through, because on houses that skipped it we see runs that have pulled loose or sagged.
Under heavy tree cover, we see the gutter fill faster, and the customers with big trees over the roof are on a schedule of every three to four months. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and a single twig jammed in an elbow can back up a whole run. The leaves and debris from a shaded lot pile up faster than from a sunny one. A sloped landscape pushes more water into the trough, so the gutter on that side needs a closer look. Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the blockage down: a house with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in late fall, though a house near a busy road or construction may need an extra one. If you have gutter guards, the visit is less often, but the surface still needs to be cleared, because a mat of leaves on top of the guard turns into a clog. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutters, so if you are not sure when to clean your gutters, that first look settles it.
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 gutter services work across Union City from the nearest base. We clean residential properties for each homeowner who calls, and the same crew handles the surrounding areas when the calendar allows. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and give us the stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees overhang the roof, plus a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. We give you an estimate from that and a date. Lead times change with the season, so we confirm the first open slot when you call rather than promising a day in advance.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year. Across Georgia the spring window falls in mid to late April, and the fall window runs late November to December, when the seed drop and the leaf drop both land on gutters that need attention. Union City gets about 53.9 inches of rain a year, and the wettest months are February, June and December, so heavy rainfall is when a blocked gutter shows itself, usually as water over the front edge. If you want a date in one of those windows, book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, since the work is done outside. If you want us to keep your gutters clear through the year, we set up the schedule so the visit comes around before the blockage does, and the gutters and downspouts are checked on the same visit. That is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage, and it keeps the water moving away from your home without having to think about it. Keeping each run clean between visits is the point.
Our gutter cleaning service prices it from the stories and the size of the house, plus whether there is tree cover overhead. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we quote it from those three things before anyone is on a ladder.
Across Georgia the spring visit falls in mid to late April, and most customers book the fall visit for late November to December, before the first hard freeze. If you wait longer than that, we usually find the gutters packed and a downspout clogged, and that is when water starts running behind the fascia.
Same-day slots are not something we promise. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need to get your gutters done quickly, tell us when you call and we will check the calendar for the first opening.
No, you do not need to be home. The job happens outside, and the crew does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves, with the yard left clean.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving the outlet. If the downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not coming out. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes, guards stop leaves but not the seeds, needles or grit that build up on top, so gutter maintenance is still needed. Guards are part of the cleaning and maintenance plan, not a replacement for it. On our jobs we find that mat on top of the guard and under it, so the surface still needs to be cleared. A guard that is clean on top but full underneath still overflows.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually the slope, the capacity or the downspout size, not the debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is rather than selling you a second cleaning.
If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it before anyone goes further. The price you hear on the phone is the price on the invoice, and you get a clean invoice that matches the quote, unless you asked for something extra.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
