Our own crew cleans gutters in Henderson and leaves a clean system behind. Every drain pipe gets flushed and flow-tested, the mess goes into bags, and you get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Kentucky, most of our customers book for spring and fall.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every homeowner asks about price first, and the answer depends on stories, 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. If you are comparing cleaning services in Henderson, ask every company how it prices, because companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place once the stories and tree cover are counted. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is usually the height and the access. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing the drain pipes, testing the flow and hauling the bags away are included in the quote, and the ground is left clean. The gutters and downspouts are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Henderson gets about 48.5 inches of rain a year, and heavy rainfall lands hardest in March, April and May, which is when a clog hurts most. A single twig or a wad of seeds can hold back the rainwater in the trough, and then the water finds a leak at the seam or the fascia before the storm is over. Clean gutters carry water away from your home, and the drainage at the foundation stays where it belongs. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: clear the trough, flush the drain pipes, confirm the flow and photograph the result. Cleaning and maintenance go together, so if you want to get your gutters on a regular schedule, ask about gutter maintenance when you call.
Here is how it looked on one of our recent jobs. A two-story house with heavy tree cover had its back run packed to the elbow with seed casings, and two drain pipes were not draining at the outlet. We flushed both, confirmed the water ran clear at the bottom, left the trough clean, and photographed every run before the truck left. That is the kind of job that sets the quote, and it is the same process on every house in town.
| 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.
Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, once after the spring seeds and pollen have dropped and once after the last leaves are down. Across Kentucky, the spring visit usually lands in late May to June. Our fall visit falls in late October to November, after the leaves and debris come down.
When we open a gutter here in spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and sometimes a clog sits right where the rain runs in. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs and pulled hangers by the time the weather turns. Henderson winters carry real freeze risk, so water trapped in a full trough can freeze and push up under the shingles. Left alone, that water causes structural damage and rot in the fascia and soffit.
Across Kentucky the pattern is the same: the gutter system carries the most load right before the wet months, and the landscape keeps dropping material into it all year. A rain gutter under a big tree needs the most attention of anything on the house.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the usual schedule, because needles and grit pack the drain pipes between visits. Skip that schedule and you get clogged downspouts and water running over the front edge. Near a busy road or a construction site, the grit comes faster and the same schedule applies.
Commercial properties under the same trees follow the same schedule. Our gutter cleaning services follow what the lot shows, not a fixed calendar, and a trough left clean is the goal on every visit.
With few or no trees, one visit a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Guards change the frequency, not the need: they cut down the debris that reaches the trough, but the surface still has to be cleared and the drain pipes still have to be flushed.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutters rather than a schedule printed on a flyer.
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 Henderson KY from the nearest base, and we have worked on Henderson homes throughout the area. We serve residential and commercial buildings with the same crew, and our gutter cleaning service covers the surrounding areas too. Residential properties and storefronts get the same process, from the first call to the photos on your phone.
Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the access, and it takes a minute to send. Lead time depends on the season, and the busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months if you want a specific day.
On the visit we check for a sag, look for buildup and watch the water flow at each outlet, then tell you whether the trough comes out clean before we leave.
Debris removal is part of the quote, so the bags leave with the truck, and regular cleanings in spring and fall keep the job small.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside of the house and sends the photos to you when the job is done. If you want to clean your gutters before the next storm, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what is open.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details. Our gutter services are priced the same way for every house, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Across Kentucky, spring visits land in late May to June, and our fall visit falls in late October to November. If you wait past the fall visit, we find sagging runs and wet leaf mats by the time the weather turns cold. Spring is when we clear the seed and pollen packed into the elbows. Keep your gutters clear through both visits and the spring job stays small.
Most slots come up within the week. When you call, we confirm a date that works for your schedule and tell you what we can do before the next rain.
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, we flush every downspout, haul away the debris, and check that the water runs clear at the outlet. If a line drains underground and shows a blockage, we tell you whether water is leaving it. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves but not needles, seeds or grit, and once that mat builds on top the water runs off the front edge. We clean the surface, flush the drain pipes and check the flow, so the guarded system still gets maintained and still helps protect your home from water damage.
Send us a photo or a short video of the overflow in the rain. A gutter that is empty and still overflowing has a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you what it is rather than sell a second cleaning.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you agree to it before anyone goes up the ladder. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
