Our crew cleans gutters in Opelousas, clearing out each run, testing the flow, hauling the leaves away, and sending photos of every section 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 the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we are glad to quote you from a photo of the front of the house.
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 how much leaves and debris is in the gutters. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the stories and the leaf load are what matter most.
What moves the number on our jobs: a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years where the leaf mat has compacted into a dense mass, and guards we have to lift and reseat before anything else can be done. Flushing clogged downspouts, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the houses that cost the most to get right are the ones where the gutter clog has been building for a long time. A run that has been holding leaves and grit for several seasons can show a leak at the joints and structural damage at the hangers, and once the water flow is restored we point it out in the photos so you can see it. Where the drainage has been backing up, the rain gutter fills and runs over the edge, and the water finds its way along the fascia.
What we can tell you is what we see on Opelousas homes we clean: the leaves and grit, the sag in an old run, the buildup at the elbow, and the water away from the foundation once the outlets run clear. The number moves with those things. We do not quote the commercial properties in the same way, and the figure you get from us on the phone is for your house.
| 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 Opelousas LA customers book two cleanings a year, in spring and fall. Across Louisiana the spring visit tends to land in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and here the fall visit lands in late November to December, after the last leaves come down. In the spring the seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig pack the elbows; in the fall it is the wet leaf mat. Our regular gutter cleaning service follows those two visits, and it is the rhythm most houses here need.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on a regular schedule every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the clog builds faster than the seasons do. Here it rains about 64.8 inches a year, and January, May and June are the wettest months, so rainwater has a lot to move. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road or a construction site the dust settles into the runs, and we move those houses onto the shorter schedule too.
After the first visit we tell you which of those your lot actually needs, and we put the next date in the photo report. If you are unsure whether you need to clean your gutters yet, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the eave line and we will tell you what we see. We check the roofline first whenever we arrive, and a gutter that has been running clear for a season can still have a blockage at an outlet, so a short estimate from us is the quickest way to find it. The simple rule is to keep your gutters clear between visits by looking after each big storm.
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 Opelousas gutter cleaning reaches across Opelousas LA and the surrounding areas, with the crew working out of the nearest base. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we give you a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills, so it helps to book early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning. Across Louisiana, hurricane season is a reason to book early, because Louisiana takes more landfalls than nearly any state, so getting on the calendar before the rains start means the gutter system is clean when the storms arrive. We will flush every downspout and confirm the flow as we go, and you get the photos to keep for your records.
Our crew does residential and commercial work. Residential properties get the same full flush and flow check, and we also clean commercial properties where the building is on a regular schedule. For the homeowner here, the point is to protect your home from water damage before the next big storm, and to see that the gutter services you are paying for, from the gutters and downspouts to the outlet, actually move water away from your home.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our crew gives it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the leaf load and the pitch decide the rest. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring after the seed drop and again in late fall after the leaves, and that rhythm is the core of their gutter maintenance. If you wait past the fall, we find the wet leaf mat has packed the runs and the first hard rains will overflow them.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar depends on the season.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 step of our gutter cleaning process includes flushing the drains and checking that water leaves the gutter system at the outlet. Where a run feeds an underground line, we tell you whether water is leaving; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs we find leaves, seed balls and needles sitting on top of the guards, plus grit that settles underneath, and the mat stops the water from going in, so water that backs up can rot the fascia. We clear the surface and check the flow under the guard, which is why guarded houses still need cleaning and maintenance, and we do not sell guards as a product.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall usually has a slope problem, either in the run itself or in the landscape around the outlet, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling 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, never after. The number we quote on the phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
