Our own crew cleans your gutters, flushes each outlet and flow-tests it, hauls the mess away, and leaves every run clean and photographed before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we are glad to give you a quote from a photo of the front of your house.
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, how large it is, and what is sitting in the gutters. Our cleaning services in Concord NC are priced over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we quote the whole house so you know the total before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is what raises the price most. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot can put the back run far higher than it looks from the driveway. A seam that has started to leak or an outlet with poor drainage adds time too, and we note it when we quote. A clean run on a single-story house is the easy end of the job, and a run jammed solid is the hard end. Gutters nobody has opened in years arrive packed with compacted debris that takes longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing each outlet, checking the flow and hauling the load away are all part of the estimate and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we see it, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how it works for a homeowner like you. We ask you for the three things above, and if the heavy rainfall of a summer storm has left the gutters running over, say so when you call and we note it. Once the crew has finished, the photos of every run arrive on your phone, so you can follow the gutter cleaning process from start to finish. Our gutter maintenance visits are priced the same way, and a regular schedule means the cleaning and maintenance stays predictable from one season to the next. The goal is a clean trough and clear outlets on every run. The cleanings we do follow the same pattern as any other town, and the crew can tell you the number in a minute by phone.
If you want to get your gutters priced, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and ask for a written estimate, and we will reply with the price from there. Some jobs are a little more or a little less than the number we first give, and we would rather explain that up front than surprise you at the end.
| 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 book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across North Carolina the pattern is the same, with the timing shifting a little by region. Across Concord the timing matters more than the calendar: book before the wet season, not after the first heavy storm. In spring the gutter system fills with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that sits in the elbows and at the outlet. In fall it is leaves and debris, which packs down into a wet mat that holds water against the fascia, and wet fascia is where rot starts.
When we open a gutter here in May we often find seeds packed to the elbow and a thin layer of pollen paste turning the trough dark. On a house that got its fall visit, the gutter in May is usually clean. When we open one in November we find a leaf mat two inches deep, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose or started to sag by the end of winter. That is the kind of structural damage a short visit in the fall prevents. It is also why the crew clears the leaves before winter sets in, so the trough stays clean through the freeze.
How often you need us depends on the lot and the landscape around it. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the usual schedule on our jobs, because needles, grit and the occasional twig pack the outlets between visits, and a clog in one outlet can back water up the wall. Lots with few or no trees are usually fine with one cleaning a year in late fall. Houses near a busy road or a construction site fall somewhere in between, since dust and grit settle into the trough quickly. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, since they keep out the big leaves, but the surface still needs clearing and the outlets still need checking. A run of clogged downspouts is the first thing we flush on a return visit. Whatever the lot, the goal is to keep your gutters clean so rainwater can carry water away from your home instead of spilling over the front edge.
The month matters less than the timing relative to rain. Concord's wettest months are June, July and August, and if those are coming with full gutters, the cleaning is worth moving forward. A rain gutter that runs over the front edge in a storm, even after a clean visit, tells you the schedule is already behind. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we keep the schedule from there.
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 the surrounding areas and books Concord homes throughout the year, with the calendar filling fastest in the two busy windows of spring and fall. To get on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front. We will ask about the stories, the rough size and whether there are trees near the house, and we quote from those answers. Typical lead time is shown on our booking page, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising a slot we do not have. Gutter cleaning service for residential properties and commercial properties runs off the same calendar, and our gutter services for residential and commercial buildings are booked the same way.
You do not have to be there for exterior work, and we call before we come. If the gutters are a regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule, we keep your date on the calendar and send a reminder before each visit, and our gutter cleaning services follow that same calendar. Debris removal is part of the visit, so you do not have to dispose of anything yourself. Every visit ends with clean gutters and a note of anything that needs a second look. You do not need to clean your gutters before we come. If they have been overflowing for a while, mention it when you call and we will check the water flow through the gutter system first.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you an estimate for your Concord NC home by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house on a flat lot is a different job from one on a steep slope. The number we give is the number on your invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall, since that is when we find the seeds and the leaf mat. The snow months around here are January and February, so a fall visit before the freeze keeps runs from pulling loose over winter. Waiting past that point usually means more buildup and a clog that takes longer to clear.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day service only happens when the calendar has a clean opening that day, and we do not promise it before we check.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Just tell us where the gate is and whether anything in the yard needs to stay put while we work.
Yes, we flush every downspout, and we check that the gutters and downspouts run clean at the outlet. If an underground drain line is not draining, we tell you and price the clearing separately, since that is a different job and we do not touch it without your approval.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, just less often. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit settling underneath, and once that layer is wet, rain runs over the front edge. We clear the surface, flush each outlet and reseat the guards. Between visits, a look along the roofline after a big storm is enough to keep your gutters working.
If a gutter is clean and rainwater still sheets over the edge, a blockage is not the cause and the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Getting it fixed is how you protect your home from water damage, and we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The price we gave you is the price on the invoice unless you approve a change.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
