Our own crew cleans gutters here, flushes every downspout and flow-tests it, hauls the leaves away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and 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. Many homeowners comparing cleaning services in Metairie will see some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, though that method hides the fact that a third story takes more time than a single-story run of the same length. To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you where your home falls.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it changes how the crew works, and so does a walk-out basement that puts the back run far above grade. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, which takes longer than a light leaf load. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add time, and so does a clog where needles have worked into the gutter system. A single twig jammed in a downspout elbow still takes time to work free, and a leak at a seam gets written down so you can decide what to do about it. Downspout flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and leaf haul-off are included in the quote and never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice. A clean job also means no surprises on the bill.
Our crew's experience with Metairie homes shows the same pattern. A home with heavy tree cover needs the crew to clear the gutters more often than one with open sky, because the leaves keep arriving between visits. Where the back run is high above the ground, we spend more time setting the ladder safely and working the far end. We would rather give you a quote that matches the work than a low number that grows once we are on the ladder, so we ask about trees and stories up front, and we ask once.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on homes across Metairie where the first call came from a homeowner who had seen water pouring over the front edge. In those cases the quote came down to the same three things: stories, size and what was in the gutters. Routine gutter maintenance is priced the same way, and our gutter cleaning process is identical on every job. A rain gutter that is clean still fails if the water has nowhere to go, so we check the outlet too. Ask for a written estimate if you want one, and we will send it. Whatever the number, the crew arrives ready to work the same way, and the number on the phone is what you pay.
| 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 here book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the late fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs in the spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and in the fall we find the wet mat of leaves and debris that a heavy rainfall turns into a dam. Our gutter cleaning services follow the same schedule across Metairie, though the timing shifts with how much leaf and seed load each neighborhood carries. A clean spring and a clean fall keep the runs moving, and a quick flush between visits helps too.
Across Louisiana, the spring visit lands in mid to late April, and the fall visit runs November to December. In spring we often open a gutter and find the seeds and pollen packed hard enough to hold water back at the elbow, and in fall the leaf mat has usually built up. Across Louisiana, hurricane season also shapes the timing, since the state takes more landfalls than nearly any other. A gutter that is full when a storm arrives overflows at the foundation, while a clean run carries water away from your home. On houses that skipped the fall visit, a sagging run that pulls loose from the fascia is structural damage in the making. Wood that stays wet is how rot starts, so catching it on the fall visit helps protect your home from water damage.
How often your gutters need us depends on what grows around the house. Homes with heavy tree cover need a visit every three to four months, because the needles and grit pack the gutters between cleanings. Homes with few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall. Houses near a busy road or an active construction site also fall into the more frequent group, because the grit builds up faster than leaves alone would. A yard with fresh landscape work, like new mulch or freshly cut hedges, also sends more grit into the runs. Gutter guards change the job rather than eliminate it: they cut the visits down, but the surface still needs clearing. Between visits, keep your gutters clean by looking at them after big storms.
After the first visit, the crew tells you which schedule your lot actually needs. We look at the downspouts, the trees and how fast the leaves came back, and we give you a plain answer. Most of our customers stay on the schedule we set after that first look, and the ones who move to a longer interval usually do it after the second visit confirms the gutters stay clear. Clogged downspouts are the first sign a schedule is too long, so we flag them on every visit, and the runs stay clean between trips.
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 has worked on homes across the older streets and newer subdivisions around here, and we cover the surrounding areas from the nearest base without needing to tell you where that base sits. Booking a gutter cleaning service runs by phone or text. We ask for your stories, the rough size of the home and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. From there we give you a quote and a date, and we call before we come, so nobody has to be home, and the runs are clean when we leave.
Lead time changes with the season. Our calendar fills fastest in the weeks around spring and fall, when most homeowners notice the leaves and the water pouring over the front edge at the same time. If a run has started to sag, mention it when you call. If you want a slot in one of those windows, call early and ask us to clean your gutters before the rains come. Outside those windows the calendar usually has room, and we tell you the first open date when you call rather than promising one we cannot hold. On every visit we check water flow at the outlet, and any buildup at the elbows is cleared before we leave.
Residential properties and commercial properties both sit on our schedule, and the same crew works both. Commercial buildings are booked per building on a set schedule, and residential jobs are booked by the house. The debris removal happens on the same visit either way, and cleaning and maintenance are handled the same way on both. We do residential and commercial work the same way, so the photos come to you whether the building is an office or a home. If you want regular gutter cleaning on a set calendar, or gutter services on a repeat schedule, tell us when you call and we will put it on the books.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roof edge to book a date, and we will confirm the first open slot before you hang up.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the home, and we give it to you by phone or text for any home in Metairie LA. We do not quote a figure without those details, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on how full the gutters are. Once you tell us the basics, the number we quote is the number you pay.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat can hold rainwater in the runs through the rainy season, and that is when we find sagging gutters and water running behind the fascia. Call (866) 435-6328 if you want to set a date.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a specific date when you call. Same-day work depends on what is open that day, so we do not promise it on the phone. Text a photo of the roofline if you want us to look at the situation before you book.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. You can stay away from your home for the whole visit. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. That is the whole list.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom, and 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 anyone touches it. The flushing is included in the cleaning of your gutters and downspouts.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs under guards we find twigs, needles and seed casings threaded through the mesh, and grit settling underneath. Once that mat is wet, water runs over the guard and off the front edge, which is what a clog looks like from the ground. A blockage deeper in the downspout looks the same from the ground. We lift the panels, clear underneath, and reseat them, so the guard stays in place and the gutter comes out clean.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we stop and tell you before work continues, and you agree to it before we go on. The number on the invoice matches the number on the phone unless you approved a change, and the gutters stay clean.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
