Our own crew cleans gutters, flushes every downspout and flow-tests it, hauls the rest away, and takes photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We work spring and fall, and most of our customers book the spring and fall visits they get with us year after year.
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 in the gutters. Slidell homes get an estimate from those three things, by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but the per-foot figure hides the stories and the clog load, so we quote the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the drive. Gutters that have not had a clean in years come down heavy with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way on every house. Downspout flushing, flow testing and cleanup are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On residential properties the clog usually shows up at the same places: the elbows of clogged downspouts, where leaves and debris settle, and the runs that sag under a buildup of grit. Those are the spots we clean out first, and the water flow and drainage back to the outlet is what we check before we leave. The same is true on residential and commercial properties we service in the area, where a single blocked outlet can dump water right against the wall instead of away from your home. The structural damage we see from neglect starts quietly, and a rain gutter that was clean two years ago can still be the one pouring over the edge in a heavy storm. That is why we flush every downspout on every visit rather than just the ones that look full.
| 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 two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Louisiana, the spring visit lands in mid to late April. Our fall visit runs December to early January. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, even on a gutter that looked clean from the ground. In winter it is the wet leaf mat, and that is the one that does the damage if it sits through the cold. Each gutter cleaning service visit includes debris removal and a photo of every run.
Slidell LA gets about 65 inches of rain a year, and June, July and August are the wettest stretch, so the schedule matters. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because needles and grit pack a downspout between visits and the rainwater stops moving. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule catches the clog before it reaches the fascia. With few or no trees, a single clean in late fall is usually enough. Houses near a busy road or active construction also tend to need the shorter interval, since the grit settles faster. Gutter guards change the schedule only a little; a twig or a seed head still gets past them, so the surface still needs clearing, just less often. A clean trough lasts longer than a full one.
The blockage that matters most is the one you cannot see from the ground: a roofline that holds a leaf mat in the back run and a downspout that has stopped draining into the line below. A clog caught early keeps the home from water damage, and a clog left for a year is the expensive kind. Ask us how often to clean your gutters after the first visit, and we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutter, not on a generic schedule. Between visits, gutter maintenance is mostly watching each downspout after heavy rainfall.
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 Slidell and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we work the neighborhoods the same way: a quote by phone or text from your stories, your roof size and whether trees hang over the house, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. We clean every run the same way, by hand, whichever neighborhood you live in. Slidell gutter cleaning follows the same process for every homeowner, from start to finish, and our gutter services follow it on every job. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the first open date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot keep.
Two windows fill the calendar every year. The spring window runs as the pollen drops and the fall window runs as the leaves come down, and booking early in those months gets you the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will set the date. Start with a clean run and the rest of the job goes faster. Keep your gutters clear and you protect your home from water damage, and the crew checks gutters and downspouts on every visit. A small leak at a seam is far cheaper to fix than the rot behind it.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure here because a two-story house in a wooded lot can cost more than one on an open lot, and we want you to hear the real number from us.
Our customers across Slidell book late spring and late fall, the visits we run most often. Waiting past the leaf drop in fall or the seed drop in spring is when we find the clog has packed in and the water flow is already compromised.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Slidell run on a calendar that fills in the busy windows, so we do not promise same-day service.
No, a homeowner does not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sets ladder stand-offs so the landscape and siding stay undamaged while sending 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 gets flushed and flow-tested, and the crew checks that water leaves a clean outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards on a gutter system still need attention, because on our jobs we find surface litter, needles and grit sitting on top of the guard and water that never gets in because the mat is wet. Guards cut the cleaning and maintenance down, but the surface still needs clearing.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a buildup. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and call (866) 435-6328 if you want the crew back out.
It should not. The gutter cleaning process ends with an invoice that matches the quote. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
