Our own crew cleans gutters in Columbus, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Columbus customers book in the spring and fall, and we are glad to get you on the calendar.
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. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house, with our gutter cleaning services priced as one job. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will work it out with you.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris, and the downspout clog underneath takes longer to flush. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Downspout flushing, water flow checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Columbus homes, the houses with the most work are the ones where the gutters have been left alone the longest. We see clogged downspouts, often with a twig jammed in the outlet, a sag in a run that has held leaves and debris for a season, and buildup that has started to rot the fascia behind it. Those are the calls where keeping water away from your home matters most, because a gutter that cannot drain sends water back toward the house. We clear the gutter, flush every downspout, and check the drainage path across the landscape so the rain goes where it should. If we find structural damage behind a run, we photograph it and report it to you rather than sell a repair.
Commercial properties and residential properties both get the same approach from us, because residential and commercial jobs run on one gutter cleaning process: gutters cleared first, every downspout flushed, and a photo of each run. We do not bill for the flush separately, and we do not put a rain gutter on the list of things we sell. Every customer gets the gutters clean before we leave, whatever the building.
| 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 Columbus customers book twice a year, in the spring after seed and pollen drop and again in the fall after the last leaves. Columbus gets about 28.7 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so the first heavy rainfall finds whatever the spring left behind. When we open a gutter here in May it is rarely clean, and we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, with a clog often already forming there. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March. Freeze-belt houses take a real hit when the first ice forms at the eave and the water behind it has nowhere to go, and that is how a leak finds its way into the ceiling.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see holding up well, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the grit comes faster, so the schedule tightens there too. With few or no trees, one of the year's cleanings in late fall is usually enough. Gutter maintenance on a guarded system is lighter, but the surface still has to be kept clean on the same rhythm.
Call (866) 435-6328 to set your first visit in Columbus NE, and text a photo of the roofline if you want a read before we come out. Our gutter cleaning service is priced by the house, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing about the calendar. Our crew keeps the blockage out of the rainwater path so the water stays away from the foundation. Whether you clean your gutters yourself or book us, the goal is the same, and that is the whole point of a regular gutter cleaning schedule.
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 Columbus from the nearest base and covers the whole city, scheduling cleanings one house at a time. Columbus homeowners get the quote by phone or text from their stories, home size and whether trees hang over the roof. A homeowner who sends a photo of the house front helps us see the layout, but it is not required. Lead time changes with the season, and our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early is the easiest way to keep your slot. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior job. Our crew stays on the ground and off the roof where it counts, leaves the lawn as clean as we found it, and we will tell you the arrival window when you book. If you are in the surrounding areas and unsure whether we reach your street, call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm it before you commit to anything.
We work to keep your gutters and downspouts running clear through the year, and keeping your gutter system clean is how you protect your home from water damage that starts at the eave and works inward. Ask about the gutter services and the Columbus gutter cleaning we offer on your property, and we will tell you what we will do and what we will only photograph and report.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees overhang the roof, and we quote the job from those, the same way we price all of our cleaning services in Columbus.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the spring seed drop, the outlets pack; if you wait past the last leaves, the wet mat sits all winter, and on a freeze-belt house the first ice can lift the shingles at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We will tell you the earliest opening we have.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come in, leaves the yard as clean as they found it, 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 downspout is flushed and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. 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 needles sitting on top of the guard and roof grit settling underneath, so the whole gutter system still gets cleared and kept clean on a schedule that is shorter than most people expect.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. Routine cleaning and maintenance is in that number from the start. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts, not after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
