Our own crew cleans gutters around town, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Louisiana, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep that rhythm on every visit.
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 give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the per-foot math hides the things that actually change the job on a house.
On most Alexandria homes, the quote moves for a few reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted buildup that takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A sagging run that holds water is a leak waiting to happen, and fixing the drainage before it spills saves a second visit. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on our jobs. One customer on a two-story home near the older part of town had a clog in the corner elbow that had been slowing rainwater for two seasons. The sag in the back run only showed up once the leaves and grit were out, and the water flow tested clean after we cleared it. Another house under heavy tree cover had a clogged outlet packed with seed casings and a twig, and the crew flushed the whole run twice before the water flow came through. Those are the kinds of findings that drive a quote on our jobs, and we tell you what we find on the first visit, before anything else happens.
We price residential and commercial work on the same logic. Residential properties come down to stories, roofline and what the gutters hold, and commercial properties are quoted per building using those same three things. We will walk the site with you and put the number in writing.
| 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.
Gutter care in Alexandria LA runs on two cleanings a year for most customers. Across Louisiana, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late April, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late November to December, after the last leaves come down. Each gutter cleaning service visit is priced the same way, by stories, size and what the trough holds. On our jobs, when we open a gutter in late spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall we find the leaf load and the wet mat that sits in the trough through the rainy months.
Freezing weather is a real factor in this part of the state. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found a clog at the eave, the first ice building there, and runs that sagged or pulled loose by the first hard freeze. Ice dams start where a blockage leaves water nowhere to go, and the backed-up water can cause structural damage and rot in the fascia and soffit. The first heavy rainfall after a dry spell is when a neglected trough spills. The fall clean-out is the visit that keeps the gutters flowing and drains water away from the house before the cold sets in.
Frequency depends on the lot and the landscape around it, so regular gutter cleaning should follow the trees, not the calendar. Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit pack the outlets between visits, and those customers are on every three to four months. Near a busy road or active construction, the same schedule applies because of the dust and grit. Lots with few or no trees do well on one clean a year in late fall. Gutter guards need less frequent work, but the surface still needs cleaning and maintenance, and we check the run underneath on every visit.
We do not have a fixed rule that fits every roofline. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you know how often to clean your gutters and can plan your gutter maintenance around it, and we put it in writing. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will work out your tier with you.
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.
Alexandria gutter cleaning is our crew's job across Alexandria and the surrounding areas, and we work out of the nearest base to keep travel time down. Most homeowners start with a quote by phone or text. Give us the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees sit over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. That is enough for us to tell you what the visit will look like. Lead time changes with the season, and we confirm a date when you call. Our gutter services run the same way from one visit to the next.
The calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring window after seed drop and the fall window before the leaves come down. If you want a particular week, book early in those months. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We flush every downspout on each visit so the water runs away from your home. Our crew comes to clean the gutters and protect your home from water damage before the next heavy rain, and we keep your gutters and downspouts moving through the season so the water stays away from the foundation. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Alexandria include flushing, flow testing and haul-off, so nothing is added on the invoice. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house, and if something changes the job once we see it, we raise it before work starts.
Across Louisiana, the spring visit falls in mid to late April and the fall visit in late November to December. If you wait past the fall window, we often find the wet leaf mat has been sitting through the rainy months, and on houses in our freeze risk area that can mean ice at the eave by winter. The spring and fall visits keep the water flowing.
We confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and the exact timing depends on the season and the size of the job.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves every run clean before the truck pulls away. Photos of every run go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run gets flushed and we check that water leaves at the outlet. If a run drains into an underground line, we check the outlet, and clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and underneath. We clear the surface, flush the runs and reseat the guards, and the whole gutter system gets checked before we leave. The visit is usually shorter than on an open gutter.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge usually has a slope, capacity or outlet size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Every homeowner gets the number we quoted on the phone, and if we find something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
