Our own crew cleans gutters in Houma, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, 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 is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked here every spring and fall across Louisiana, and most of our Houma customers come back on the same schedule.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced by 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, which lands in a similar place per run, but we quote the whole house so you know the total before the crew arrives. Commercial properties get the same treatment, quoted by roof size and stories before anyone books a crew.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, so the quote is a clean total. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
On our Houma jobs the clog problem usually starts at the downspout elbow. Leaves and debris wash down and pack in, the water flow backs up, and the rain gutter starts to sag under the weight of standing water. We have opened runs where the buildup was dense enough to pull the hangers off the fascia, which is the kind of structural damage that costs far more than a clean run now. Clogged downspouts push water toward the foundation instead of moving the water away from your home, so a quick flush is the cheapest way to protect the house. Some of our Houma homes have sat with the same drainage problem for years. A gutter system left that long often has rot behind the fascia, and the first visit always turns up something the owner did not expect.
Our experience here comes from the calls we take and the houses we open. Tell us the stories, the approximate size, and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easy. We will tell you what the lot needs and what the crew will do to leave it clean.
| 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 Houma customers book regular gutter cleaning twice a year, in spring and fall, which is the schedule that keeps the gutter clean through the seasons that bring the most debris. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and the wet mat it turns into before the rainy season. Across Louisiana, hurricane season is the reason the fall visit matters, since the state takes more landfalls than nearly any other. June, July and August bring the heaviest rainfall here, so the spring visit should be finished before the wettest months arrive.
Under heavy tree cover, cleanings every three to four months is the rhythm we see work. A twig, a handful of needles or a fistful of grit can pack a downspout elbow between visits, and a clog that starts small in June can back water over the edge and leak behind the fascia by August. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to clean your gutters. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, but gutter maintenance still means clearing the surface and we still check the downspouts underneath.
Across Louisiana our spring visits run mid to late April, and our fall visits run November to December. In the spring we find the buildup and the blockage at the elbows; in the fall we find the leaves. Either way, the first visit tells us what the rainwater has been doing, and it is how we decide the right interval for the house. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the crew leaves every run 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 covers Houma LA from the nearest base and works the surrounding areas on the same schedule. We book residential and commercial work alike, and residential properties get the same photo report as every other job. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if you can send one. Lead times depend on the season, and our calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall. We call before we come, keep landscape beds clear of the ladder line where you can, and every visit ends with clean gutters.
A Houma homeowner who books us usually does it because they want their gutters cleaned properly the first time, not because they have a list of promises. Debris removal is part of every job. We clear the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout, and photograph the work so you can see a clean run for yourself. Cleaning and maintenance are one visit for us, and the whole gutter system gets checked on the same trip. If something outside gutter cleaning needs attention, the photo goes in the report and the decision stays with you. That is how we protect your home from water damage without selling anything extra on the ladder.
Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will send a written estimate and a date so you can get your gutters cleaned before the next storm or the first leak of the season. We are glad to keep your gutters clean and running well after that, and if you have gutter guards, we reseat them after every visit. Our gutter services are priced before the crew ever climbs a ladder.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we will quote it before the crew is booked. Houma gutter cleaning is priced the same way on every house, so you know the total up front.
Most customers here book late spring and late fall, and the schedule should match how much debris your trees drop. If gutters wait longer, seeds and leaves build up at the elbows and the flow slows enough to overflow. The water that spills can rot the fascia and leak behind it during the wet months.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Houma run on the same calendar across Houma, so the date you hear is the date we keep.
No. The crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and move any landscape pots away from the ladder path.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested until it runs clean at the outlet. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before touching it. Our gutter cleaning process always ends with a photo of every run.
Gutter guards keep the gutter cleaner, but they do not keep it clean on their own. The needles, a stray twig, seed casings and grit still settle on top and under the panels. The surface still needs clearing, and we check the drain pipes underneath. Guards do not end gutter maintenance, so plan on a visit even with the guards in place.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and you hear about it before work starts. Ask for a written estimate and the number on the estimate is the number on the invoice. Every Houma homeowner gets that same written estimate, and our gutter services are priced the same way on every house.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
