Our own crew cleans gutters in Clovis, with every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and photos sent before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have seen the same pattern across New Mexico: most of our customers book in the spring and fall, once the seed drop or the last leaves are down.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Clovis homeowners ask what the price depends on, and the answer is stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, though we give you one number for the whole house. A rain gutter packed with buildup takes more time than a light one, and that is the part of the quote that moves most. Commercial properties get the same visit, and we clean every run before the photos go out.
What moves the quote on residential properties is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far up, gutters nobody has opened in years where the run has started to sag under compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be cleared. Clogged downspouts slow the drainage and cut the water flow, and clearing them is part of the visit. Our crew will flush every run and clear the trough, and debris removal is included and never billed as an extra. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On one of our Clovis homes in a heavy tree canopy neighborhood, the price came in higher because the gutter had a clog and a blockage at the elbow, and two drain pipes were not carrying water away from your home, which is the kind of structural damage a standard visit misses. We wrote it up and called the homeowner before we started, and we clean the clog out first. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we see from it.
| 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 in Clovis NM book twice a year, spring and fall, which is when the gutter fills fastest on the roofline. Regular gutter cleaning on residential and commercial buildings follows the same rhythm. When we open and clean a gutter here in late May or June we find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In late October or November it is leaves and debris, the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see the run sag under ice by the next winter.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rule on our jobs, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the drain pipes and a clog slows the flow between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Near a busy road or construction, we also have to clean more grit out of the gutter than the roof would suggest. A landscape with lots of mulch or loose soil sends more buildup into the trough, so mention it on the phone. Gutter guards change the work, not the schedule, since the surface still needs clearing, and a guarded gutter system still needs a clean on every visit.
Freezing winters are the reason the fall visit matters most here. If the rainwater in the trough cannot leave before the first hard freeze, drainage stops and the standing water becomes ice at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the spring or fall date, or ask for a written estimate and we will hold the slot. Get your gutters on the calendar before the first freeze, and clean your gutters with us before the leaves come down. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs under our cleaning and maintenance plan, because gutter maintenance is a schedule, not a one-time fix.
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 covers Clovis from the nearest base, and we keep a steady route across Clovis so the calendar stays full without long gaps. Booking for clovis homeowners works the same way every time: you give us the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and we send a quote by phone or text. A photo of the house front helps us see the roofline, the rain gutter run and the tree cover before we arrive. That is how every clovis gutter cleaning job starts, and it is the whole gutter cleaning process up front. If you live in the surrounding areas, call and we will tell you whether the route reaches your street.
Lead time is set by the calendar, and the two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most homeowners want to protect your home from water damage before the heavy rainfall. Book early in those windows, because a gutter cleaning service slot goes first, and the gutter is clean before the rain arrives. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you have residential properties with gutters and downspouts that have been overlooked, we also offer one-time cleanings for property owners who want to keep your gutters clear between regular visits. Our gutter services include debris removal, and we flush each run so a blockage gets cleared before it causes a leak. That is the simplest way to keep a clean gutter and avoid a clog turning into a leak or rot behind the fascia.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. Once we have those, the quote holds, and any change at the house is raised before the crew starts. Clovis homeowners get the same flush-and-photo visit from our gutter cleaning services, whatever the size of the house.
Late May or June for the spring visit and late October or November for the fall visit. If the fall visit is skipped, the gutter often sags under ice by the next winter.
Same-day is rare, since most slots for cleaning services in Clovis come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and once the gutters are clean, the crew 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, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that the drainage is clear at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs a guard keeps leaves out of the gutter system, but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and under the guard, so the surface still has to be clean. Gutter maintenance does not stop with the guards.
If the gutter is clean and still overflows in heavy rainfall, it is a slope or pipe-size problem, not a cleaning one, and left alone it can rot the fascia behind it. Send us a photo or video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
No, unless the job changes. Anything that does is raised before work starts, and you agree to it before we go up. Our gutter cleaning process has no surprise line items.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
