Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, 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 your invoice. Most customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf load have built up enough to matter.
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 big it is, and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. The method is the same for residential and commercial jobs. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted. Most homes get two visits a year, spring and fall, and regular gutter cleaning keeps each one short. A gutter cleaning quote is a starting point, and the figure we give you for your house is the figure you pay.
On residential properties, a few things push the quote 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 off the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with years of buildup, and that takes more time to clear. A clog at the elbow or a sag in the run adds time too. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own labor. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. We flush every downspout and check the outlet, because clogged drainage and poor water flow are the usual reason a run overflows. If you wait too long to clean your gutters, the job grows, and anything that changes it gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crews have cleared jobs on jacksonville homes where the back run was clogged with leaves and standing water had been sitting against the fascia for a season. The clean-out took longer than the front, and that is what drove the quote. A clean front run tells us little about the back. Many homeowners never see the back run from the driveway, so we walk the full length of the rain gutter before we quote. Every house is different, which is why we want to see the front of yours before we give a number. A text with a photo of the front of the house is usually enough to get started. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, or text us a photo, and we will tell you what we find before we start the work.
| 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 finishes, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Spring and fall are when gutters and downspouts take the heaviest load. In spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows, with pollen paste sitting in the trough. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, which holds rainwater against the roofline and gets heavier with every rain. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months keeps the gutter from backing up, because needles and grit cause a blockage between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps each visit short. After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs.
Locally, the clog forms in the same places each year, and a gutter that was cleared in the fall often droops over the winter if nobody checked the hangers. A droop can hide a leak until the fascia rots, and a run that has pulled loose can turn into structural damage. That is the cost of skipping a visit, and it is usually cheaper to keep a gutter clear than to repair the damage it leaves behind. Every gutter system has a slope and a capacity, and a droop puts both at risk. The fix is simple: keep your gutters clear through the year and clean your gutters before the trouble starts. Doing that keeps the water away from your home and is how you protect your home from water damage. Every lot is different, and that is what sets the schedule. A clean gutter also flows better in the heavy rainfall that comes through the summer months.
If you want a date on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate and we will set the spring or fall visit around the rest of your schedule. On each visit we flush every downspout. Homes in the surrounding areas of jacksonville nc follow the same calendar, and our gutter services are booked on it too.
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 from a base close to most of the city, and we clean residential and commercial properties on the same route. To book, call us or text a photo of the front of the house. Every homeowner gets the same photo report after the visit, so you can see what we did. We quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and we confirm the lead time when we give you the quote. The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so book early if you want a particular week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Gutter maintenance is easier to plan when the schedule is set, and a steady routine keeps the gutter cleaning process short when the crew arrives. Our gutter services cover jacksonville gutter cleaning from a single run to the full house, and we quote each one the same way. Most homeowners find that paired cleanings, one in spring and one in fall, keep the gutters from ever filling to the point of overflow. A single twig in an elbow can stop a whole run, so a heavily shaded lot may need a third visit. Homes with gutter guards still get the same visit. Keeping water away from your home is the goal, and regular visits catch a small leak before it reaches the fascia. Keeping up with cleaning and maintenance on that schedule is simpler than one big cleanout.
You can get your gutters on the calendar in one phone call, and we will tell you what happens next. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule, or text a photo of the front of the house and we will reply with a quote.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a price off a list. Our cleaning services in Jacksonville are quoted that way, and the figure we give you is the one you pay.
Spring visits across North Carolina usually land in late April to May, after the seed drop, and fall visits run November to early December, after the leaves come down. Waiting past the first hard freeze means the leaf mat has already packed into the downspout.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need something sooner, ask us and we will tell you what we have open. We schedule across Jacksonville and the surrounding areas the same way.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Commercial properties get the same steps. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested in the price. We clear clogged downspouts from the top and flush them through, so the water runs out at the bottom and keeps water away from the foundation. Checking an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the big leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still work through, and once they get wet they block the flow. The rain gutter can look clear while the water runs off the front edge. Every landscape is different, so we check the trees first. We clean the surface, pull out the leaves and debris, check that water is getting in and flush the downspout.
If a clean gutter system still overflows in the rain, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not debris. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left alone, that overflow can rot the fascia and lead to structural damage. We will 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.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
