Our own crew cleans gutters in Flint MI, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Every run is left clean at the bottom. 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. Most of our Flint customers book in the spring and fall, and we are on the ladder before the seed drop and after the last leaves.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Cleaning services in Flint are priced on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. Every homeowner gets a clean estimate built from those three things, by phone or text, and the quote we give is the price on the invoice. Some companies price cleanings by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but the stories and the tree cover are what change the time on the ladder most.
On our jobs, four things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mass that takes longer to clear. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Our gutter cleaning services cover the gutters and downspouts on the whole house, not just the run you can see from the driveway. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what a visit looks like in our experience. We pull the leaf mat from the trough, flush each downspout and check it until water runs clear at the bottom, and photograph every run before the truck leaves. The trough should be clean at the bottom before we leave. On the houses we clean in the city, the heavy tree canopy neighborhoods are where the leaf load and needle buildup come in fastest, and the quote reflects that from the first call. Ask for a written estimate and we will put the stories, the size and the tree cover on it so you can see where each part of the number comes from. Any clog or twig in the elbow, or any blockage further up, gets cleared from the top before we move on, and good drainage at the outlet is the last check we make. Get your gutters on the schedule before the next rain, and we will walk you through the gutter cleaning process from the first call to the photos on your phone.
Gutter maintenance is cheaper over the years when the gutter is cleared on a steady schedule, because a clogged run left alone turns into a repair. A clean run now is cheaper than a fascia board that starts to rot later. Heavy rainfall in the wettest months is when a backed-up run does its damage. In Flint that means May, July and August, and the city gets about 32 inches of precipitation a year, so clearing the trough before those months helps protect your home from water damage. Rainwater that cannot leave the trough spills over the front edge instead of running away from your home. Our crew does the cleaning and maintenance work; anything else we find on the roof is photographed and reported, not sold. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a number.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Michigan, spring visits run late May to June, and our fall visits usually land in October to early November. Regular gutter cleaning twice a year is how you keep your gutters running. In late spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, so a clean trough before the spring rain matters. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find the runs sag under the first ice. Our crew is on roofs in the spring and fall for that reason, and the rain gutter is the first thing we check.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A clog at a downspout elbow usually shows up first in the spring. Near a busy road or construction, the same schedule applies for the dust that settles into the trough. A lot with few or no trees is fine on once a year in late fall. Guards change the schedule a little, since they keep the big leaves out, but the surface still needs clearing on the same cycle, and we check the roofline, the landscape and the yard run-off around the downspout outlets at every visit. Good water flow at the outlet keeps the water away from the foundation. A clean trough at the start of each season makes the next visit faster.
Freezing is part of the Flint calendar. Snow falls about 52 inches a year here, with snow months running January through April and November through December. The first hard freeze brings ice dams at the eave, and a run that is full of wet leaves turns to structural damage at the fascia board by March. A small leak at a seam in October is an easy fix, and in January it is ice. The fall visit clears the leaves and debris before that freeze, and it is the cheapest point in the year to catch a run that is starting to pull loose. A clean run going into the freeze holds up better. Clogged downspouts in winter cannot be cleared from the ground, so the fall schedule matters more here than the spring one.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the clean summary goes in writing so you can plan the year around it.
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 cleaned gutters across Flint, and we know the difference a tree line makes to a downspout. Booking a gutter cleaning service with us works the same way on every job. You call or text, we ask about the stories, the size and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We quote from that, then give you a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, fill fastest.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If your gutter system has a run that is overflowing or a downspout that will not clear, tell us when you call so we can plan the lift or ladder for it. Flint homes with heavy tree cover tend to need us more often, so ask us to clean your gutters on a set schedule and we will plan the dates around it. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front to book a date.
We do residential and commercial work, and the same crew handles both. Our gutter services cover residential properties and the surrounding areas. Commercial properties with a service schedule get their dates set ahead of the busy windows, so the work stays on the calendar. A clean rain gutter that drains at the outlet is the check we make on every roof, residential or commercial.
For homeowners, the price for a two-story house comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. The quote we give is the price on your invoice.
Late spring and late fall are the two windows most of our customers use. Across Michigan, spring visits run late May to June, after the seed drop, and our fall visits run October to early November, after the last leaves, which helps protect your home from water damage through the freeze. Flint gets about 52 inches of snow a year, so a run cleared before the first hard freeze is the one that avoids ice.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when we arrive.
No. We work outside, do not come inside, and send 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.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check where it drains at the outlet, and the gutters and downspouts are photographed before we leave. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, with needles threaded through. We lift the panels, clear underneath and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter that still overflows in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If you want to keep your gutters working between visits, send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
Only if something we find changes the job, and then you hear it and agree before work starts. The quote is built from stories, size and tree cover, so the surprises are rare.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
