Our own crew cleans gutters in Garner, every downspout flushed and flow-tested until it runs clean, debris removal included, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Garner homeowners book in the spring and fall, and we can tell you which schedule your roofline needs after one visit.
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 quote residential and commercial properties from those three things, by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but a per-foot rate hides the access problems that actually drive the job.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years holds compacted debris, leaves and the odd twig, and that takes longer to clear by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own time. Downspout flushing, a flow test to confirm drainage, and debris removal are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. A clean run is quick to clear; a packed one is not. If anything we find up top changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what that looks like on a real job. A Garner homeowner whose gutters had been packed with seed casings and a wet leaf mat had us out for the spring visit; the run that sagged most was the one under the heavy tree canopy, and the flush showed the downspout elbows were the real blockage, not the trough. We cleared it until the run was clean, flushed every downspout, and photographed each run before we left so the homeowner could see what came out of the system. The price was set on the phone before the crew came out, and it held on the invoice. Our Garner customers get the same process whether the house is new to us or has been on our schedule for years, and the photos are on your phone whether or not you were home.
| 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.
Across North Carolina, the spring visit runs late April to May, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in spring it is rarely clean, and we find seeds, seed casings and pollen buildup packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose before spring. Freezing months bring ice dams at the eave on top of that, which is why the fall visit matters more here than the spring one. Keep your gutters on a two-visit schedule and most of the trouble never starts.
Regular gutter cleaning keeps a small clog from turning into structural damage, and two visits a year help protect your home from water damage. How often a lot needs it depends on the trees and the road. Most houses do fine on two cleanings a year. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, we see clogged downspouts every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the clog starts before the next scheduled cleaning. Heavy rainfall overflows a full trough first, since rainwater has only one way to go, over the front edge. A home with few or no trees does well on one cleaning a year in late fall. Gutter guards keep the trough clean longer, but the surface still needs cleaning and maintenance, and each downspout still needs flushing.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and at each downspout. A gutter that is clean and still spills over in the rain is a slope or capacity problem, and we say so plainly rather than selling another cleaning. Call (866) 435-6328 to set up the first visit, or text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we see.
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 services cover residential properties across Garner NC and the surrounding areas, and our crew works from the nearest base. We clean gutters and downspouts the same way on Garner homes that book with us, regardless of street. To book, you get a quote by phone or text from your stories, your home's size and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. To get your gutters on the calendar, call or text, and we confirm the date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Gutter maintenance is the job, but the reason most homeowners call us is the overflow they can see from the driveway, so we start with the runs that are spilling and work outward from there. The goal is to keep water off the landscape and away from your home. If the gutter cleaning process takes longer because a gutter has been ignored for a long time, we tell you that on the phone so the time is on the calendar before the crew arrives. If a joint or seam shows a leak, we photograph it and tell you, rather than fixing it on the spot. If you would rather clean your gutters yourself, the ladder rules matter more than the tools, and we will leave the work area clean either way.
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. Two houses with the same story count can be different jobs, such as one with a steep back run and one with a shallow pitch, so we price the house you actually have. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Across North Carolina, the spring visit falls in late April to May, and most Garner gutter jobs also get a visit in November to early December. If the fall visit is skipped, we find the wet leaf mat and sagging runs before spring on houses that had ice build up at the eave. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which schedule fits your lot.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Garner run on a booked calendar, and we do not promise same-day service, because the calendar depends on the season and the crew's schedule that day.
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 checked for water flow at the outlet, so a blocked one cannot back water toward the walls and cause rot and structural damage. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we confirm water is leaving at the end, and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before we touch it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and grit that turns to paste when wet, even though guards keep out most leaves and debris. On our jobs we clear the surface under the guard panels, leave the trough clean, and check that water is still getting in.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A gutter that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or capacity problem, not a clog, and we say so rather than selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, such as a run that is much more packed than the phone description suggested, you hear about it and agree to the change before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
