Our crew cleans gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, roof size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and falling leaves have the most to do with clogs.
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 you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning services cover residential and commercial properties, and Clemmons homes get that same number on the phone before the crew climbs a ladder. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you run the numbers, but the job is still the same walk around the house.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far above the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear the trough. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Clogged downspouts get flushed and checked for drainage at the outlet, and debris removal is part of the quote. A gutter system that has not been opened in years takes longer to clean, and that shows up in the quote. Clearing the trough and flushing the outlets is how we keep water away from your home and protect your home from water damage. We check the water flow in every run before we sign off. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our jobs show the pattern. On a recent visit we found a gutter run with a sag and a buildup of seeds that had turned into a wet paste, and the clog had been pushing water behind the fascia for a season, which is how the fascia starts to rot and structural damage follows. Clearing it took one visit with no extra charge once the crew confirmed the scope on the phone. Houses on a regular gutter cleaning schedule rarely need that kind of work. If you are thinking about trying to clean your gutters yourself, ask how much of the trough you can reach from the ground before you climb. Our crew checks the gutters and downspouts together, which is why we ask about the last time the gutters were opened 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.
On our jobs, most customers book twice a year, once in the spring after seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves and debris come down. When we open a gutter here in May, the elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, and a trough that looks clean from the ground can still hold a wet mat. In late fall we find the wet leaf mat sitting along the roofline, where rainwater has nowhere to go. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that sagged under the weight of wet leaves once the snow months of January and February set in.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction where grit collects, our customers book every three to four months, because a downspout clogs between visits. The heavy rainfall here tends to land in July, August and September, so on those houses we flush every downspout at each visit. A house with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in late fall, though a single twig in one rain gutter run on the shady side can still clog faster than the rest. Gutter guards reduce how often you need us, but the surface still needs clearing, so a guarded gutter stays clean on the schedule too. Treat gutter maintenance as a schedule, not a one-time job.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs in Clemmons NC, based on what we found in the trough and at the outlets, so you know how to keep your gutters clear between visits.
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 Clemmons from the nearest base and books by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. A homeowner who calls early gets the widest choice of dates, and the quote you get on the phone is the one on your invoice. To quote, tell us your stories, roughly how big the house is and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Most of our calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early helps you get your gutters cleaned on the date you want. Our crew also serves the surrounding areas, so ask if your street sits just outside the city limits. Every one of our cleanings ends with photos of a clean trough and a matching invoice.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. Our crew stays outside, sends photos of every run before the truck leaves, clears the gutters of any blockage we find, reports any leak at a seam, and leaves each trough clean. If you are wondering how the gutter cleaning process goes from start to finish, ask us when you call. Clemmons gutter cleaning and every one of our gutter services follow the same steps at every house, and we will walk you through them.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We quote residential properties and commercial properties the same way, from the building's size and its condition. We do not quote a price from a chart, so ask for your number and we will give it to you before we come out.
Our customers usually book in late spring and again in late fall. If the fall visit gets skipped, the runs can sag under ice in January and February on houses that freeze in winter.
Our cleaning services in Clemmons fill fast in the busy seasons, but most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 and ask what is open, and we will tell you.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, 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 watch the water to see that it clears. If a line drains underground and needs clearing past the outlet, we quote that separately before we touch it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not seeds, needles and grit, which mat on top and turn the gutter into a water shedder. Guards do not replace cleaning and maintenance, so we keep the trough clean under the guards and check that water is still getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge has a slope or downspout size problem, not a debris problem. If the landscape pitches water toward the foundation, the fix sits outside the gutter entirely, and we will say so. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
