Our own crew cleans gutters in St. Matthews, every run flushed and flow-tested, everything bagged and hauled off, and photos of each 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 you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Kentucky, the late spring and late fall visits are when most of our customers book, and we have been running that same plan for St. Matthews homeowners for a long time.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services 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. Companies that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place per foot, but on a real house the stories and the roofline decide most of it.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up top. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes how the work is done. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the back run. A gutter system that has not been cleaned in years comes down heavy with compacted leaf mat and takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On a job in town the picture is usually the same: clogged downspouts are where it starts, one twig jammed in an elbow turning into a full run of sag once water has been sitting behind the trough for a season, and the first leak shows up at the fascia. We clear the run, flush it through to the outlet and show you the photos, so you can see where the drainage was blocked and where the water flow now runs away from your home. Heavy tree cover over the house, leaves and debris in the troughs, and the buildup behind them are the three things we see most often in local homes. Structural damage is what happens when that gets ignored for a few seasons, and it is cheaper to catch on a regular visit than after rot has reached the fascia.
Commercial properties in the area are priced per building, and the same rule applies to St. Matthews homes: we tell you the number before the crew is on the ladder, and every homeowner gets that rule too. Stopped-up outlets that send water toward the foundation are the first thing we check on residential properties and commercial buildings alike, because that is where the water goes if nothing else is done.
Ask for a written estimate if you want one, and we will send it. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you where the number lands.
| 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 in St. Matthews KY book two cleanings a year, timed for spring and fall. Across Kentucky the spring visit usually lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. On our jobs the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the gutter runs, and the crew has to clean those out by hand. The fall visit finds the leaf load, and the wet leaf mat that sits in the troughs before the rainy season sets in.
Every three to four months is the schedule for houses under heavy tree cover, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the rain gutter stops moving water. Few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is enough on most lots. Gutter guards cut down how often the trough fills, but they do not remove the need to clean, so the surface still gets cleared on the same schedule. When we open a gutter here in late May we find a blockage that would have built up over a few months. Clean your gutters on a set schedule and the rainwater leaves the roofline the way it should.
If you have cases that look like yours, we will show you the photos. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we give you the estimate on the same visit, debris removal included, so the schedule is set before we leave. That is the gutter maintenance plan we run for residential and commercial properties, built around a regular gutter cleaning service, and it is what we tell every customer to expect.
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 covers St. Matthews gutter cleaning jobs from the nearest base, and we work the city as a whole rather than one street at a time. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you to send. We keep the booking clean: one call, one quote, one date. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the first open date when you call. Our calendar fills in two busy windows each year, late spring and late fall, so if you want a particular week in those months it pays to book early. A gutter that overflows in a storm is a poor reason to wait, so get your gutters on the calendar early, and if the calendar is full we will tell you the first day we can get to you.
Our service keeps the water away from your home, the fascia dry and the troughs clean, and it is the same plan whether the house sits in the middle of the city or out toward the surrounding areas. Keep your gutters and downspouts working with a booked plan and you will not have to deal with a basement that has taken on water. We clean and flush every downspout and every run on every visit, which is how we keep the clogs from coming back and how we protect your home from water damage through the wet months. Ask us about gutter services across the city and we will tell you what we see up there.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text for any of our cleaning services in St. Matthews. We do not quote without those details, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the number.
Most of our customers book in spring and again in fall. Across Kentucky the spring visit lands in late May to June, and the fall visit lands in late October to November. If the fall visit is skipped, we find sagging runs, a wet leaf mat and a clog that has been building since the last heavy rainfall.
Across St. Matthews, most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless the calendar has a gap that day.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, checking the outlets is part of our gutter cleaning process. Every outlet is flushed and flow-tested on the visit, and we check that water is actually leaving the system. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Under guards we still find seed casings, pollen and grit packed on top, and when that mat gets wet the water runs over the front edge. Guard systems still need cleaning and maintenance on the same schedule.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or drain-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or 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 it and agree to it before work starts, and the number we quoted 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.
