Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts across Kannapolis NC, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away from your home, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed, pollen and leaves have finished dropping.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot and land in a similar place, but on our jobs the height and the amount of leaves and debris matter more than the footage. Our gutter cleaning services follow the same method for residential and commercial properties, and Kannapolis gutter cleaning is quoted the same way.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up in the air, a whole gutter system nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat. We flush the outlets, check the flow, and include debris removal in the number, never billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Kannapolis homes the most common reason a quote goes up is a rain gutter that has been left to fill for several seasons, with the buildup of leaves pressed into the trough and the clogged downspouts running slow. When we open that kind of gutter the first hour goes to clearing a clog, and nothing else happens until the gutter is clean. That is the part we price up front. A run that has been sagging for a while can also hold standing water, which shows the water flow problem or drainage trouble before anyone climbs the ladder, and left alone it can turn into structural damage. We would rather see a photo of the house front first, so the estimate reflects what is actually up there.
| 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 Kannapolis customers book two cleanings a year. Across North Carolina, the spring visit lands in late April to May, after the seed and pollen drop. Our fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves come down. In spring the outlet elbows are packed with seed casings and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that sag by March under the weight of ice. Every gutter cleaning service visit is one step in ongoing gutter maintenance, not a one-time fix.
How often a house needs us depends on what is overhead. Under heavy tree cover, a twig or a load of needles packs the elbows between visits, so that house goes on the shorter schedule. Heavy rainfall in March, May and August, the wettest months here, washes more of that into the trough, so regular gutter cleaning matters most then. Near a busy road or a construction site, the same schedule applies. Houses with few or no trees do well once a year in late fall, with a clean trough going into winter. Gutter guards still need the surface cleared, usually on the lighter schedule.
When we open a gutter here in May we find the blockage has already started in the outlets, and when we open one in November the rainwater has nowhere to go. Keeping those outlets open is the core of our cleaning and maintenance visits. Rainwater runs off the roofline and into the gutter, and a clean gutter moves water away from your home and off the foundation. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put that in writing.
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 book Kannapolis homeowners and residential properties from the nearest base, covering the surrounding areas. As a homeowner you only need to give us a few things when you call: the number of stories, the rough size of the house, whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text if that is easy. That is enough for a quote. Lead time changes with the season, and the two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our gutter services calendar fills fast.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our gutter cleaning process starts with that call: you get a date and a window, and the crew arrives with a boom or scissor lift where the roof is too high to reach from a ladder. They protect the landscape below with ladder stand-offs, and they leave the gutter clean before the truck pulls away.
Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will put a slot on the calendar to get your gutters done. Taking time to clean your gutters on schedule is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear and protect your home from water damage, and we would rather book a clean job now than a repair later.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a price before the crew is scheduled.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait longer, the clog from seed and leaves turns into a heavier job, and in winter it can become an ice problem at the eave, a leak inside, or rot in the fascia board.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and we do not promise a same-day visit, though we will tell you as soon as a clean window opens.
No. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and gutter outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually on a lighter schedule. On our jobs under guards we still find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for it.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
