Our own crew cleans gutters for Alamogordo homeowners, flushing every downspout and flow-testing each run, hauling away the leaves, and sending photos of every run before we leave. We clean the whole gutter system, not just the stretch you see from the driveway. We clean gutters and downspouts as one job, so rainwater has a clear way out. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice.
Most of our Alamogordo customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we see the most seed, pollen and leaf load come off a roofline. Our Alamogordo gutter cleaning uses the same three questions for every house so the quote is easy to check. Clean gutters protect your home from water damage, and a visit now costs far less than a rotted fascia later. Our crew checks the water flow at the outlet, not just whether the trough is empty, and you get the proof in photos.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give the number by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Alamogordo homes come in every shape, so the price starts with the stories. Our gutter cleaning services start from the same three things for every home. Another gutter cleaning service that prices by the linear foot lands in a similar place per foot of run, but on our jobs the height and the debris load do more to the final number than the length does.
What moves the number is usually what the crew finds once we are on the ladder. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment to reach. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back of the house. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and debris that take longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that would change the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Alamogordo jobs the clog that changes the number most is a gutter that has been sitting full long enough to sag, because the weight pulls the run out of its slope and the water flow has nowhere to go. We check the slope on every run as we clean it, and we tell you about any sag before we charge for the cleaning. A rain gutter that is clean at the top and still overflowing at the bottom usually traces back to a blockage in the clogged downspouts, so we flush every downspout until the water runs clear at the outlet. A buildup that long can also cause structural damage and rot in the fascia, which is why we catch it early.
Water away from your home is the reason the cleaning matters, and it is the reason we look at the drainage on each run and not just the trough. We do this work for homes and commercial properties of every age we see in town, and the fastest way to keep the price fair is to tell us the stories, the square footage and whether trees hang over the house when you call.
| 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 Alamogordo customers book twice a year. Across New Mexico, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late November to December, after the last leaves have come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by the following spring. Freezing is possible in winter, and rainwater left standing in a clogged run has nowhere to go when it freezes.
Under heavy tree cover, which means big trees hanging over the gutters, our customers book cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. Across New Mexico, the monsoon brings heavy rainfall in short, violent cells, and here we get about 10.6 inches of rain a year, with July, August and September the wettest months. Houses with few or no trees near the eaves are usually fine with once a year in late fall. Gutter guards still need a clean on top, just less often, and we check what sits on the guard on every visit.
Our Alamogordo NM crew treats each lot as its own case, and the first clog we find tells us a lot about how fast buildup forms on that house. If you are asking when to clean your gutters, the honest answer is when the leaves and debris stop draining, and our crew checks that on every visit. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the debris removal to one pass, not a full rebuild. Keep your gutters clear between visits and the tier you need gets smaller. Gutter maintenance is mostly watching the runs and the downspout elbows, and we show you what we see in the photos. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing about the calendar.
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 gutter cleaning services reach across Alamogordo NM and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we are glad to price any house in town. Booking a clean starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your square footage and whether trees hang over the house. Every homeowner gets the same three questions, and a photo of the front of the house helps us see a twig caught in the trough or a limb over it before we arrive, though it is not required. Most of our calendar fills during the spring and fall windows, so the sooner you call in those months, the better your chance of getting the date you want. Get your gutters on the calendar early and you avoid the rush.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. Our crew stays outside, uses stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and sends photos of every run to your phone when the job is done. The crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it. Our gutter services start with the same phone call for residential and commercial inquiries, where we tell you whether it is a job we take. Residential properties get the full photo report on every run, and if you are asking about commercial properties, say so on the call. If you have a question about the calendar or the number, call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk through it.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. We do not give a range on the page because two-story houses here vary a lot once tree cover and leaf load are counted. The number we give is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall, because that is when the seeds, pollen and leaf load come off the trees. If you wait past the late-fall visit on a house with trees, we usually find the runs sagging or the downspout elbows packed by spring. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which tier your lot needs.
Our cleaning services in Alamogordo are scheduled by the crew's route, so same-day is not something we promise. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside around the landscape, cleans the whole gutter system, and does not come inside. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, flushing is part of our gutter cleaning process: every downspout gets flushed with water and watched until it runs clean at the outlet. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and gets quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit settling underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A leak at a seam is a separate repair, which we flag in the photos rather than fixing on the spot. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. Cleaning and maintenance items on your estimate are the same items on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
