Our own crew runs a gutter cleaning service in Paris KY. We work on the gutters and downspouts as one job: we flush the whole run, check that the water flows out the bottom, haul the leaves and grit off, and send you photos of every run before we leave, so every visit ends with the gutters clean and flowing. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Kentucky, most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and homeowners here keep the same schedule.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, how big the house is, and what is sitting in the gutters along the roofline. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some cleaning services in Paris price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house. Homeowners get the same number whether they call or text.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch we cannot walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, so a full clean takes longer than a light one, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. A leak at a seam is a separate conversation, and it starts with a photo. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. The gutter system is priced as one job, and if something changes the job once we are on site, you hear it before any work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs, we have had a house on a lot with heavy tree cover where the gutters were packed with leaves and the clogged downspouts were backed up at the elbow. A twig jammed at the elbow was the real problem, not the gutter itself. The fix was a full clean, a flush of the whole run and a check of the water flow and drainage at the bottom. Nothing about the job was unusual; it was a standard visit that ran longer than the owner expected, and we said so on the phone before we booked it. Most of the Paris homes we clean are like that: the trees are the variable, and the homeowner who knows how many are overhead gets the most accurate number. If you text us a photo of the front of the house, we can usually tell you where your job sits before you ever call. Plenty of homeowners do this from the driveway, and it takes about a minute.
| 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 twice a year, so the two cleanings line up with the seasons: once in the spring, which runs late May to June across Kentucky, after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in late October or November, after the last leaves and debris come down. The spring visit catches seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the fall visit clears the wet leaf mat that builds up after a clean spring run. Paris KY gets about 51.5 inches of rain a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall puts the most water through a gutter just when the buildup is worst. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sagging by the time winter ended, and a sag like that is where structural damage starts and wood begins to rot.
Under heavy tree cover, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and clog them at the elbow. With few or no trees, regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards change the work but not the need: we still clear the surface and check the water flow, just less often. A rain gutter on a schedule rarely needs more than a quick flush. The point of the visit is simple: rainwater has to leave the house through the drains, carrying water away from your home instead of down the wall. After the first visit, we tell you how often to clean your gutters and which tier your lot needs. Keep your gutters on that tier and the cleaning and maintenance stays on one schedule, which is the whole idea of gutter maintenance.
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 Paris KY and the surrounding areas, and we clean gutters in the neighborhoods we have already been to. Our gutter cleaning services book from an estimate by phone or text, using your stories, your square footage and your tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the photo, and we confirm the date on that call.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so call early if you want a particular week. We confirm the date when you call, and we do not promise a visit sooner than the schedule allows. We provide gutter services for residential and commercial properties here. Commercial properties go on the same calendar as homes, and residential properties book the same way, with the same crew. The gutter cleaning process is the same either way. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule before the busy weeks, say so on the call, and if you have a question about the job before you book, ask on the call and we will answer it plainly. Keeping to the schedule is how you protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and how big the house is, plus what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house and we will give you the figure before you book.
Across Kentucky, the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seeds drop, and most customers add a fall visit in late October or November, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that sagged under the first ice.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the calendar in the busy seasons does not allow it.
No. 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 and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. A clog in a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, and that mat stops the water from going in. We clean the surface and check the water flow, which is a shorter visit than an open gutter.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not a blockage in the trough. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number we charge, and that is how we run every visit.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
