Our own crew does every job: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, house size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We clean gutters in Claiborne LA, and across Louisiana most of our customers book in the spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the 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, its size and what is sitting in the gutters, since a clean run is quicker than a packed one. 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 sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a house is not a straight line, so we price the whole job.
What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds once it is up the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted buildup, and a clog that has been building for a long time takes more work than a light seasonal one. A gutter kept clean every season takes far less time than one left alone for years. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and drainage checks on every run are included, and debris haul-off is never billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the jobs we have done for Claiborne homes, the price moved most when the gutter had sat through a season with leaves and debris packed into the elbows and the water flow at the bottom had dropped to a trickle. We flush every downspout, find the blockage and clear it. Once the run is clean and flowing, we watch the water run away from the foundation before we leave. Where a run had started to sag under the weight of the buildup, we photograph it and put it in the report, because the cleaning does not fix structural damage. Clogged downspouts that feed an underground line are a separate check, and we tell you what we see before anyone digs.
| 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 to keep the gutters clean. Across Louisiana, our spring visits run mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and by then the seed casings and pollen paste have packed into the downspout elbows. Our fall visits run late November to December, when the wet leaf mat is what holds water against the fascia through the rainy months. Claiborne gets about 55.6 inches of rain a year, with March, April and December the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when rainwater backs up through a clogged run first.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, the gutters need regular gutter cleaning every three to four months, because needles, grit, dust and the odd twig pack the downspout elbows between visits. A house with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule less than people expect. The top still needs to be clean, and we still check that water is getting in underneath.
This page covers residential properties. If you manage commercial properties or a residential and commercial building, say so when you call, and we will tell you whether the job fits the crew before you pay anything. Debris removal is included in every visit. If you want to clean your gutters before the season turns, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the first date. A rain gutter that is clean and still overflowing after a rain has a slope problem, not a clog problem, and we say so plainly.
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 from the nearest base, and we clean across Claiborne and the surrounding areas. Every visit covers gutters and downspouts from the top of the run to the outlet. Our gutter service is booked the same way every time. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, give us the stories and the rough size, and tell us whether there are trees over the roof. That is enough for a quote, and it usually takes a few minutes. Our gutter cleaning process starts there, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising one we cannot hold.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows of the year, the spring and the late fall, when most homeowners think about their gutters at once. Claiborne gutter cleaning slots fill early in those windows, so booking early gets you a date you can plan around. A homeowner who waits for the first overflow is already behind. Call early and you can get your gutters on the calendar before the leaves drop. Clean gutters keep water away from your home, and that is how you protect your home from water damage. If you want to keep your gutters clean all year, we can set the cleanings on a regular schedule, and our gutter services stay on the calendar when the leaves start to fall. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. We do not read a figure off a chart; we quote your house. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Our customers mostly book in spring and late fall. In spring we find the seed and pollen buildup, and in fall the wet leaf mat that holds water against the roofline through the rainy season. A clean gutter in the spring means fewer surprises in the wet months. Waiting too long means the clog has time to rot the fascia board and water runs behind the gutter.
Most of our cleaning services in Claiborne come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If a same-day opening exists we will tell you, but we do not promise one before we check the calendar.
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, every downspout is flushed and we check that water leaves at the bottom. Once the water runs clean there, we move on. If a downspout feeds an underground line we check the outlet and tell you what we find; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often, but a guarded gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and grit on top. Cleaning and maintenance are different jobs on guarded gutters, and guards do not end gutter maintenance. Under guards we check that water is getting in, because a wet mat on top sends rain straight over the edge.
Send us a photo or a short video of the overflow or any leak in the rain. A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for it. If the landscape slopes toward the foundation, that is a grading problem, not a gutter one, and we say so.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after the work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
