Our own crew cleans gutters in Timberlane, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away from your home, and 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Louisiana, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep the same routine on every 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 what is sitting in the gutters. We work the price up over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that sell gutter maintenance by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a flat quote for cleaning and maintenance from your stories and size is easier to check.
What moves the number on our jobs is what the crew finds up top. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has kept clean in years come out packed with compacted debris that takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and the job ends with clean runs and water moving out the bottom, while anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Timberlane homes tend to see the biggest swing from heavy rainfall leaving a leaf mat behind the gutter, and from a leak at a seam that has been running over the edge for a season. When the crew finds a run still holding water after a clean, we say so on the ladder, price it, and clear it. The homeowner hears about the change first, and agrees before anyone goes back up.
Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will work up the number from there. Ask for a written estimate if you want the number in writing before you book, and we will send it.
| 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.
Across Louisiana most of our customers book two cleanings a year, in mid to late April after seed and pollen drop, and in November to December after the last leaves come down. In April the elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. By fall it is leaves and debris sitting in the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find water that has been running over the edge all season, which is how fascia starts to rot.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles, twig and grit pack the trough between visits. With few trees and light landscape, once a year in late fall is enough to keep your gutters clean. Heavy rainfall in June, July and August is when a clogged run shows itself fastest, so a home with a sluggish gutter system is worth a clean before the wettest months arrive.
Gutters kept clean on schedule never turn into a structural damage repair job, and keeping water away from the roofline is how you protect your home from water damage.
Gutter cleaning services on our Timberlane jobs follow the same pattern year to year, so the first clean is the visit that tells us which tier your lot actually needs. After that first visit we tell you which schedule fits your house, and we keep a clean record of each run.
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 handles cleaning services in Timberlane and surrounding areas, working from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the house, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot hold. The busiest windows of the year are spring and fall, so the calendar fills earlier then.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works outside and does not come inside the house. If you are weighing a gutter cleaning service against trying to clean your gutters yourself, the difference on our jobs is the ladder work and the disposal, and regular gutter cleaning keeps the weight of the buildup off the gutter hangers. The same plan works for residential properties, and if the building is part residential and commercial, mention that on the call and ask about commercial properties before you book.
Our gutter cleaning process checks each run for three things first when we arrive: sag in a gutter run, a clog at the elbow, and poor drainage at the outlet. The buildup in the trough and any blockage in the run is what we clear, and the run is left clean before the crew leaves. Water flow is confirmed on every run, and we will tell you if a run still does not drain.
Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, or ask for a written estimate and we will send it the same day we have the photo.
The number comes from your stories and your home's size, and we give it to you by phone or text before any work is booked. We do not quote a range on this page because a two-story house with a steep back roof and a house with a flat front run can land far apart. Send us a photo of the front and we will tell you the number for your Timberlane LA home.
Our Timberlane LA customers book in mid to late April and again in November to December, the two windows that match seed drop and leaf fall. If you wait past the fall window, the wet leaf mat is harder to clear, and the runs can sag before spring on houses that skipped the visit.
Lead time for our gutter services depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising a same-day visit we cannot hold. If you need a faster slot, tell us when you call and we will check what is open.
No, you do not need to be home. Our 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 and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
We flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet, and that is included in the quote. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and if an underground line has a clog we tell you in writing what we found and quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning on our jobs, usually less often. Needles and seed casings thread through the guard, and pollen mat builds on top, so we clear the surface and check that water is actually getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still sends rainwater over the edge has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It only changes if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, and anything that moves it is raised on the ladder before we go further.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
