Our own crew cleans gutters in Shively, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have been doing this work across Kentucky for a long time, and most of our Shively customers book with us in the spring and the fall.
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 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 by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but on a house with a clog at the far corner we would rather see the house than guess at it.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk changes the work, and so does a walk-out basement with the back run set high off the ground. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes down packed with compacted debris, and a buildup like that takes more time than a clean run with only a light leaf load. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat also add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the number and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen drive a quote on Shively homes, and it holds for Shively homeowners across the board. A house with heavy tree cover and a drainage problem at the back corner needed the downspouts cleared before the gutters would flow, which is a different job from a clean single-story run. We check the roofline and the water flow on every run, and we tell you what we found in writing. Most Shively customers who want gutter cleaning services for the whole year book the same two visits and keep their gutters running through heavy rainfall. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule, that is regular gutter cleaning, not a one-time fix, and it is priced the same way every time.
Residential and commercial jobs are quoted on the same basis, and a clog that has started to sag a run costs less to clear now than to repair later.
| 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 Shively customers book twice a year, in spring and fall: late May or June after the seed and pollen drop, and November after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May, it is rarely clean: we find seeds packed into the elbow and a pollen paste that holds water. In November it is the wet leaf mat and the odd twig wedged into the elbow, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag by March. A rainwater backup at the eave is a blockage that starts small and ends up in the ceiling, and the fascia behind it can rot before anyone sees a stain.
Under heavy tree cover or a busy landscape, the visits come closer together, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between them. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Guarded gutters are cleaned less often, but the surface still has to be kept clean. A clean first visit sets the schedule, and our estimate for each house depends on what we see there.
If you keep your gutters and downspouts clear, you protect your home from water damage: flush every downspout on each visit, and that keeps water away from your home, off the foundation, siding and surrounding areas.
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 crews handle cleaning services in shively KY, in the neighborhoods where the trees are heavy and the roofs are steep. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Say so on the call if the house has gutter guards. Call (866) 435-6328 for the first open date; lead time follows our calendar, and we will tell you when we can come. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring, when the seed and pollen drop is heavy, and late fall, when leaves and debris finish coming down. If you want a date in one of those windows, book early. A homeowner who waits until the first gutter overflow usually finds the rain has already come, so it pays to get on the schedule before then. A small leak under the eave is easier to fix when we find it during a clean than after it has soaked the fascia.
Most Shively gutter services come from households we already clean for. Gutter maintenance runs the same route each visit, and repeat bookings for shively gutter cleaning follow that route, so the crew knows the run and the downspouts before climbing. If you have been waiting to get your gutters cleaned, ask for the first open date and we will tell you what the visit includes and what it does not. Our cleanings are cleaning and maintenance on a set route, and commercial properties book by the building under the same process.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We quote the house in front of us.
Our Shively customers book in late May or June and again in November, because the seed drop and the leaf fall are the two loads that clog the system. If you wait past November on a house that has heavy tree cover, the first freeze can lock in the debris.
Most slots for cleaning services in shively come up within the week; call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the date. We do not promise same-day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep the path clean for the ladders, and keep pets inside while they are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check the gutters and downspouts together, and clogged downspouts get cleared from the top where we can reach them. We check that water is leaving at the outlet. Ignored, a clogged downspout sends water into the fascia until the wood starts to rot, and that is where structural damage starts. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter maintenance still matters with guards. On our jobs guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seed casings or grit, and a twig that works through a gap can jam a run. Those pile up on top of the guard until the water runs off the front edge.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem, so the gutter system needs a closer look. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and then you hear it before work starts and agree to it. The number 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.
