Our own crew cleans gutters in Greensboro, flushes every downspout, hauls off the debris, and sends photos of every run. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Our gutter services in Greensboro NC run from the first call to the last photo, and our Greensboro gutter cleaning service leaves the yard clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to book a date.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. Every homeowner gets the same three questions, and we give an estimate over the phone or by text from those answers. The number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning services are priced that way for most Greensboro homes, and the rain gutter and gutters and downspouts on each house still get checked, whatever the price says.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once they are up the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down with packed leaves and debris and a real clog in every elbow. Clogged downspouts add time too, because the flush runs until water comes out clear at the bottom. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Every gutter system we touch gets the same check. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and the drainage path from the trough to the outlet is part of every quote. Once the trough is clean, the flow testing shows whether the water flow is reaching the outlet. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Quotes built from the three things we can see from the driveway hold up on the invoice. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: we look, we say what we found, then we start. A sag in the rear run that holds water can point to structural damage that a cleaning will not fix, so we photograph it and report it instead of selling anything more. Water that sits in a trough can rot the fascia board behind it. A clean trough moves water away from your home, which is why the flush does not stop at the trough. The invoice matches the quote, and the gutters are left clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we'll get your gutters on the calendar.
| 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.
Greensboro gets 45.9 inches of rain a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall loads the gutters through summer. The fall visit runs November to early December here, ahead of the freezing weather this area sees. Across North Carolina, the spring visit runs late April to May, after seeds, seed casings and pollen have started to build up in the elbows. In late spring that buildup is what most often starts a clog in the downspouts; in fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes the blockage.
Snow falls in January, February and December, and it averages 7.1 inches a year, so rainwater that cannot leave the trough can freeze at the eave. Under heavy tree cover we check more often than on a lot with few or no trees, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the gutter between visits. A downspout that empties next to a landscape bed or driveway needs its outlet checked too. Gutter guards change how often you need us, but the surface still has to be cleared. A clean gutter between visits is what the schedule is built around, and for most Greensboro homes that means a spring and fall visit. Ask us when to clean your gutters, and we tell you which tier your lot needs based on what came out of the gutter.
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.
We cover Greensboro from our own crew, and the quote comes by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, with a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters and we book a date. Booking fills up in spring and fall, so the earlier you call the more likely we have a slot in the week you want. If you are searching for cleaning services in greensboro, one crew covers residential properties in the surrounding areas and commercial properties across Greensboro, since it handles residential and commercial work. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. A clean gutter is what helps protect your home from water damage, and that is the reason we flush every downspout instead of stopping at the trough.
If the gutters are already holding water near the roofline, tell us when you call. A gutter that still overflows after cleaning is a slope problem, not a cleaning problem, and we say so plainly rather than selling a second visit. A leak at a seam is photographed and reported the same way. Homeowners who keep your gutters working through regular gutter maintenance and cleanings avoid most of the water damage we are asked about later. Our gutter services include the flush, the photo report and a check of the outlets, the same cleaning and maintenance visit every time.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text before we come out. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters quoted.
Late spring and fall are the two windows that matter most here, since seeds and the leaf load build up enough to clog the gutters by then. The fall visit runs November to early December in Greensboro, and waiting past it means the first freezes find the gutters still full.
Same-day depends on the calendar, so we confirm the date when you call. Slots fill fast in the busy seasons, so book early, and we offer cleaning services in Greensboro for the whole gutter system.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only. The crew does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, 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 flow-tested as part of the cleaning, and a clogged downspout is run until water runs clean at the bottom. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and gets quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs debris sits on top of the guard and needles and grit work underneath, so we clear the surface and check that water is still getting in. Gutter maintenance on guarded gutters is shorter, not gone.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still overflowing usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning. Watch it during heavy rainfall, since that is when a slope problem shows, and the cleaning and maintenance visit does not fix it.
It should not. The price is quoted from what we can see before we start, and anything that changes the job is raised and agreed to before the crew begins. If the gutter system needs more than a cleaning, you hear it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
