Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Laurel MS, and we handle gutter cleaning services in Laurel for homeowners who want the job done right. Every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, the leaves go with the truck, and photos of every run arrive before we leave, so you can see the clean result. 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. Across Mississippi, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we are happy to talk through which visit fits your house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every gutter system is different, so the price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage, and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number a homeowner pays. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot once the job is measured, but on our jobs the house itself tells us more than the footage does. Our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way on every property, and a clean run and a clogged one are quoted from the same three things.
What moves the quote most often is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked means the work takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the eave, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years carry a heavy buildup of compacted debris, and they take longer to clean than a run that gets opened every visit. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing every downspout, flow testing and hauling the bags away are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Laurel homes, the most common surprise is a clog that has been building for a season or two, which the crew sees as a sag in the run, water running over the front edge, or a rain gutter that is holding standing water long after the storm is gone. The leaves and debris in those cases are heavier than they look from the ground. Clogged downspouts at the bottom of a run can push water back up behind the fascia, and that is how a small leak turns into rot and structural damage. We have cleaned gutters on a number of Laurel homes where the owners did not realize the drainage had failed until the crew opened the first run. The fix in those cases starts with a clean run, and then a flush of every downspout, so the water flow is clear and water away from your home and out of the landscape is running properly again. Those jobs are quoted the same way as any other, from the stories, the size and what the crew sees on the ladder.
If you want a number for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we see and what it will cost before anyone climbs a ladder. Commercial properties get the same quote-first approach, and the price we give in writing is the price we charge.
| 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 Laurel customers book a gutter cleaning service twice a year, in spring and fall, because the clog that builds up follows the seasons. Across Mississippi, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop has packed the downspout elbows. Our Laurel fall visits usually run November to early December, after the last leaves come down. Laurel gets about 59.6 inches of rain a year, and January, August and December are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is usually what finds a blockage first. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we often see a run that has pulled loose from the roofline or sagged by late winter, when the rainwater has nowhere to go. In a freeze-risk year, getting the gutters clean before winter matters more, because ice at the eave is the next thing to form.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps the downspout from packing between visits, because leaves, seed heads, grit and the odd twig build up fast. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule applies, since dust and grit settle in the gutter faster. On residential properties with few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough, so clean your gutters then. Guards slow the buildup, so they go on a longer schedule, but the surface still gets cleared, because a layer of leaves and seed heads on top of a guard will shed water over the front edge just as an open gutter would. On the houses we clean, the schedule is set after the first visit, when we can see how much the gutter is actually collecting.
Our Laurel MS crew works from a standard checklist on every visit, residential and commercial alike: each run cleared by hand, each downspout flushed to check the water flow, the drip edge checked for loose hangers and dripping seams, and photos of every run before we leave. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the bags leave with the truck. If the gutter is clean and still overflows after we leave, that points to slope or downspout size rather than a clog, and we will tell you so. Plan on gutter maintenance that matches the trees around the house, and call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate and to book the next date.
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 works across Laurel MS and serves Laurel homeowners throughout the city, working from the nearest base to keep the trip short. Laurel gutter cleaning starts with an estimate by phone or text from you, with the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps too, and it is often enough for us to see the trim and any obvious drainage trouble before the visit. Homes in surrounding areas are scheduled case by case, and homes with gutter guards are scheduled the same way, so ask when you call.
Lead time changes with the season. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when most homeowners want the gutters clean before the heavy rain or the first hard freeze. Book early in those months if you can, because the sooner you get your gutters done, the sooner the rain has somewhere to go. A small clog that waits can turn into a leak. Two cleanings a year cover most homes, and a twig or two wedged in a downspout is usually cleared on the same visit. Keeping a regular schedule helps you keep your gutters working when the seasons turn. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, since the work is done from the outside and the crew does not come inside. Once you book, the photos of every run and downspout arrive on your phone before the truck leaves, so you have a record even when you are not there to see it.
Whether you have a single two-story house or a larger property with several runs of gutter, the gutter cleaning process is the same from the first call to the final photo. We handle residential and commercial jobs, and the work is the same on residential properties and commercial properties: every run is left clean, we flush every downspout, and the photos go to you before we leave. Our gutter services are built around one goal, to protect your home from water damage. Text a photo of your roofline or call (866) 435-6328 to get started, and we will tell you what the visit will involve and when we can come out.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what the crew finds in the gutters. We give that number by phone or text, and it is the number you pay.
Our customers here usually book a gutter service in late spring and late fall. Wait too long into the spring and the seed and pollen drop packs the elbows; wait too long into the fall and the leaf mat is heavy and wet by the time we get there, and heavy rainfall finds the gap first.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The crew works outside, does not come into the house, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked until the water runs clean at the bottom. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it, because a buried clog can back water up toward the foundation.
Yes. Guards slow the buildup, but a guarded gutter system still needs its surface cleared. On our jobs we find leaves and seed heads sitting on top of the guards, and water runs over the front edge just as it would from an open gutter, so the surface still gets cleared.
If the gutter is clean and still overflows, it points to slope or downspout size rather than a clog. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left alone, that water can rot the fascia and the soffit.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
