Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts for homeowners, flushing every downspout, flow-testing it, hauling it away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size 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 spring and fall visits, and we keep the same crew on the same routes so each visit leaves the gutters as clean as the last. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote from the Shepherdsville KY crew.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Most Shepherdsville homes we see are quoted from those three things, and we quote it over the phone or by text. The number we quote is the number we charge. We also take commercial properties, priced from the building's size and stories the same way. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather you know the whole number before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs the quote moves for a handful of reasons we can point to. A third story, or a pitch too steep to walk safely, means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that nobody has opened in years hold a buildup of packed leaves and debris that takes longer to clean out, and often the gutter clog has already started to pull the runs out of line. A run that sags holds water and slows the water flow, and that is where structural damage usually starts. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras, because a clean drainage path that carries water away from the foundation is the point of the visit. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what the experience on our jobs looks like. What we need from you is the three things above and, if it is easy, a photo of the front of the house sent by text. A customer whose gutters had been packed for several seasons ended up with a longer visit than the photo suggested, because the rain gutter on the back run had a blockage at the elbow and water was not getting away from the foundation. We cleared it, flushed the clogged downspouts and checked the flow, and the quote held. That is the kind of thing we want you to hear up front, which is why we ask about the trees and the years since the last visit to clean them. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to book a date.
| 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, in spring and fall: once after the seed and pollen drop finishes, which gives the year a clean start, and again after the last leaves come down. Across Kentucky, the spring visit falls in late May to June. In Shepherdsville the fall visit lands in late October or November. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and when we open one in November we find a wet leaf mat that holds water against the roofline until the gutter starts to sag. Our area gets about 51 inches of precipitation a year, wettest in March, April and May, so heavy rainfall is when a clog shows up as rainwater spilling over the front edge. Houses that skipped the fall visit have shown us runs pulling loose by March, after the first ice had sat on them all winter.
Under heavy tree cover, where big trees hang over the house, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and the blockage builds faster than the calendar. Near a busy road or an active construction site the schedule tightens the same way. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutters with guards can go a little longer between visits, but you still need to clean your gutters on the surface, since the mat sits on top of the guard and does not go through it. Plan on regular gutter cleaning that matches your tree cover, and you will not be surprised by a full trough.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters, not on a rule of thumb. Once we have had your gutter system open, we know more about it than any chart does. Ask for a written estimate for any schedule you are considering, and we will show how often we would need to come back to keep your gutters clean.
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 town and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so the drive stays short for most addresses we serve and we can usually get to a neighborhood without a long wait. We clean gutters and downspouts on residential and commercial jobs, and most of our work is on residential properties. Each homeowner can book by phone or text at (866) 435-6328: tell us your stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the front so we know what we are walking into before we clean anything. The lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, the calendar fills first. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, so get your gutters on the calendar early.
If you have a lot under heavy tree cover, tell us that at the start so we can plan the route and the time on the ground. A home with a steep pitch and a tree on each side is a different job from a single-story ranch with an open yard, and we would rather book the right visit the first time than send a crew that has to come back. If you have gutter guards, tell us when you book, because the panels have to come off and go back on. Tell us, too, about any leak you have seen in a ceiling or on a wall below the eave, and about any twig you have found jammed in a downspout. Good gutter services start with a quote that matches the house, and the work after that is the same whichever route it comes from. Repeat cleanings start from the photos on file, so each visit picks up where the last one stopped. Each visit ends with photos of every run, after we flush every downspout, so you can see the water moving for yourself. A Shepherdsville gutter cleaning visit done right keeps water away from your home, and a clean run helps protect your home from water damage. Between visits, keep your gutters clear by calling us when a run starts to overflow.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, which we ask about when you call or text. Our cleaning and maintenance visit is quoted as one figure, and that is the figure on the invoice.
Across Kentucky the spring visit lands in late May to June, and here the fall visit lands in late October or November. If you wait past the fall visit to get your gutters cleaned, we have found runs sagging by March on houses where the first ice sat in the gutters all winter.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Across Shepherdsville most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date with you when you call at (866) 435-6328.
No. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside, and the crew does not come inside. Photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
We flush every downspout and check the flow at the outlet, and we make sure the water runs clean there. If a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving the outlet, and clearing a buried line is a separate job we quote before we touch it. If the outlet drains into a landscape bed, we check that the water runs away from your home.
Yes. Guards help, but they do not replace upkeep of the gutter system. On our jobs under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing the trough. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
If water still spills over the edge after a clean, the cause is usually slope or downspout size rather than what is in the trough, and a fascia board that stays wet can rot. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and then you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
