Our own crew will clean gutters across Hickory NC. We flush every downspout, flow-test the run, haul it all away, and send photos of every run before we leave. Homeowners here get a number built from stories, size and tree cover, and the price we give on the phone is the price on the invoice. Spring visits run late April to May across North Carolina, and fall visits run November to early December. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
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 sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter services for Hickory homes work that way, and the same three inputs price residential properties and commercial properties. A gutter service quote does not change on the invoice. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the gutter length alone rarely tells the whole story on a house with a steep pitch or a second level.
What moves a quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher than the front, and the crew has to clean it from the ladder or a lift. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, and if there are guards we have to lift them and reseat them. We flush every downspout, check the water flow, and include debris removal in the number, never billed as an extra. Clogged downspouts that will not clear add time, and a seam that has started to leak is noted and priced before anyone climbs. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most homes under heavy canopy show more buildup and clog at the elbows than the open lots do. One recent job here had gutters packed with leaves and needles from a full season, with water running over the front edge and a section that had begun to sag. The crew had to clean every run, haul it all away, and confirm drainage to the outlet, and the quote matched the invoice. Gutters that carry this much weight are the ones where a clog turns into structural damage over time, so getting them cleared before the next storm moves water away from the foundation.
| 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 a spring and fall visit. Spring visits run late April to May across North Carolina, after seed and pollen drop, and fall visits run November to early December after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In early December it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the following spring. Hickory NC gets about 47.1 inches of rain a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, which is when heavy rainfall tests every gutter hardest. A clean trough along the roofline sheds rainwater, but a packed one spills it over the front edge.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps a rain gutter moving. Downspouts that hold needles, grit and the odd twig clog between visits, and the blockage builds faster than a twice-a-year schedule can clear it. With few or no trees overhead, clean your gutters once a year in late fall and that is usually enough. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs a clean and the downspout still needs checking. Winters here bring freeze risk, so water left in a clogged trough can freeze at the eave. Residential and commercial buildings follow the same tier logic. Across North Carolina, spring visits run late April to May, and the first gutter service visit tells you which tier your lot needs.
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 will clean gutters across Hickory and the surrounding areas, working out from our base to each address. Quoting works the same way on every street. You can get an estimate by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late April to May and November to early December, so booking early keeps your options open. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we confirm a date when we book. If you want a slot in a busy window, the sooner you ask, the better your chance. Our gutter services stay outside: the crew does not come inside, and every one of our cleanings ends with photos of each run on the homeowner's phone before the truck leaves. That is how we keep your gutters and downspouts clear, catch a leak early, and help protect your home from water damage at the same time.
Our cleaning services in Hickory are quoted from stories and square footage, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure from a web page, because the house decides it. Once we have the stories, size and tree cover, you get a single number, and that is what the invoice shows.
Spring visits run late April to May across North Carolina, and fall visits run November to early December. In spring we clear seed and pollen, and in early December the wet leaf mat is the main problem. Waiting past those visits is when we find sagged runs and packed downspouts.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day service depends on the calendar that day, so ask us when you phone in.
No. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and calls before arriving. Leave the side gate unlocked so the crew can reach the back run to clean it. Move any landscape edging or planters away from the downspouts, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. That keeps drainage moving away from your home so it does not pool at the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top and under the guard. A gutter system with guards still collects rainwater that has to leave, so the surface gets a clean and the downspout gets checked. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, but they do not remove it.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in heavy rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, and sometimes a leak at a seam that lets water rot the fascia behind it. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. Anything that changes the job gets raised and agreed before work starts, so the number we quoted is the number on the invoice. That rule runs through our whole process, and the same rule applies to cleaning and maintenance visits.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
