Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Frankfort KY, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and 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 house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Frankfort homeowners book with us every spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
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. Frankfort gutter cleaning is quoted 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 per foot of run, but on our jobs the stories and the amount of leaves and debris are what actually move it.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more gear. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back of the house. A gutter system nobody has opened in years holds packed buildup that takes real time to clear. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Frankfort homes, a rain gutter with a clog at the elbow usually holds more water than the downspout can move, so the water runs over the front edge instead. We clean the elbow, flush the run and watch the water flow to the bottom, which is how we confirm drainage is working. Where a sag or a loose hanger shows up, we photograph it and put it in the report. Our goal is keeping water away from your home, so a seam that starts to leak at a joint gets photographed and reported, not repaired from the ladder. For homeowners who have seen structural damage start where the fascia begins to rot, the first visit is usually the cheapest way to find out how far the water has already gone. Our gutter cleaning services in Frankfort start with that same look at the fascia.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $185 | from $240 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $165 | from $215 | from $280 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $190 | from $250 | from $325 |
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 Kentucky, the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October to November, after the last leaves come off the roofline. Frankfort's wettest months are May, June and July, with 50.5 inches of precipitation a year, so the spring visit matters before the summer rains. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs by March that sagged under ice. Under heavy tree cover, when big trees hang over the house, customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. On residential properties with few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. A clog at the elbow that backs rainwater over the front edge in heavy rainfall is the first sign a visit is overdue, and a regular gutter cleaning schedule keeps clogged downspouts from building up. The honest answer to when to clean your gutters is that it depends on the lot, and our gutter cleaning service works that out on the first visit. After that visit we tell you which of those your lot actually needs, and you can book the next one from the same estimate.
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 Frankfort. Houses in the surrounding areas are quoted the same way, but we confirm the route on the phone first. Booking runs by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: give us the number of stories, a rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so book early if you want a particular week, and it helps to get your gutters on the calendar before the spring rains. Lead time is confirmed when you call. Once the job is booked, the crew arrives in the window we gave you, and you get photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. The homeowner gets the same photos whether or not anyone was home. Keep your gutters and every downspout working through the season, and protect your home from water damage with cleanings once a year or more, depending on your lot. Debris removal, down to the last twig, is part of every visit, including the debris under any gutter guards, and because the visit is cleaning and maintenance, any repair is quoted separately. Residential and commercial work is a call-first job; for commercial properties we tell you whether the crew can take it before anything is scheduled. Our crew does the same careful work on every job, and that is why we keep the scope narrow: gutter services, exterior glass after a cleaning, and nothing else on the house.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with stories and size, and our cleaning services in Frankfort are quoted by phone or text. We do not quote a figure in writing before we know those two things. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book late spring and late fall. For a house with few trees, one visit a year is the usual gutter maintenance schedule. In May the elbows are packed with seed and pollen, and in November it is the wet leaf mat. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the runs that sag by March are the ones that skipped the fall visit.
Lead time is confirmed when you call, and most slots come up within the week. Call early if you want to get your gutters cleaned before a storm, and we will tell you the earliest date we have.
No. Our crew works outside on your gutters and downspout runs, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, move anything in the landscape beds that sits under the ladder path, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch the water reach the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and turn into a wet mat that runs over the front edge. We lift the guards, clean underneath and reseat them.
Send us a photo or a short video of the rain gutter overflowing. A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, and we will tell you that rather than sell a second cleaning.
Not without your agreement. 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.
