Our own crew cleans gutters in Lenoir NC, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see the gutter is clean. 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book in spring and fall, once the seed drop and the leaf drop have finished.
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. Companies that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, but on our jobs the stories and the debris in the trough make the bigger difference.
What moves the quote on our crew's jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get the trough clean. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most Lenoir homes we clean have a gutter that is still draining but holding more than it should, the kind of clog that builds slowly until water starts to spill over the front edge. We find the seed casings and leaf mat in the first run, then check each downspout for the drainage path that gets blocked in the same spot every year. A sag or a loose hanger goes in the photo report, not the invoice. Our regular gutter cleaning visits keep that buildup from becoming a bigger job, which is the main reason customers ask us to clean their gutters on a schedule rather than after a problem.
Residential properties and commercial properties are both on our books, and the crew works the same way on residential and commercial jobs. Gutter cleaning services for a house or a shop start with the same walk around the roofline and the same question: where does the water go once it leaves the trough. Our cleaning services in Lenoir follow that order on every job, whatever the building.
| 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 Lenoir customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall when the leaves are down. Late fall is the right time to clean your gutters before winter. Across North Carolina, late spring and late fall is the rhythm we see most often on our crews' jobs.
In spring the gutter carries seed casings and a pollen paste that packs the downspout elbows, and a twig or two when the trees are heavy. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes a clog, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find a blockage at the elbow and runs that have sagged, pulled loose, or let the fascia start to rot by the time the winter rain arrives. Where ice forms, the trapped water can freeze at the eave and push the shingles up from underneath, which is why the fall visit matters more in cold snaps than in mild years.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see customers on a three to four month schedule, because the needles and grit pack the gutters and downspouts faster between visits. A house with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in late fall, though a yard with heavy landscape work may need a second look. Guards change the picture somewhat, since they keep out the large leaves, but the surface still needs a clean, and you should flush every downspout at each visit.
Once we have seen the roofline and the outlets on your lot, we tell you which tier your gutters actually need, and we set the calendar from there. Keep your gutters on a steady schedule. A steady schedule helps protect your home from water damage, and the visits stay short because there is less to clean each time.
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 across Lenoir from the nearest base, and covers the surrounding areas on the same schedule. Our gutter cleaning process starts with an estimate by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. Every Lenoir gutter cleaning job runs on that same process, and a homeowner can text a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Across North Carolina, spring visits usually land in late April through May and fall visits in late October through November, and our Lenoir calendar fills fastest in those same spring and fall windows. If you want a date in one of those windows, call or text early. Outside those windows, slots open up more often, and we tell you the next open date when you reach us.
Gutter guards do not replace the regular visit, and a gutter with a leak or a sag is a different job from a gutter that just needs clearing. If we find either one, the crew photographs it and includes it in the report, but it is not a service we sell. Our cleanings are for the gutter system as it is, and a clean gutter keeps water away from your home.
Cleaning and maintenance is the simplest way to keep water moving, and gutter maintenance on a regular visit keeps every run clean enough that the job never grows. Lenoir averages 49.7 inches of rain a year, with June through August the wettest months, so the rainwater has to leave the trough fast when heavy rainfall hits. If you are ready to get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date with you.
Our gutter services are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. On our jobs a two-story house usually sits in the middle range, but tree cover and how packed the trough is can move it. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the leaves are down. If the gutters wait too long, we usually find clogged downspouts and leaves and debris packed in the trough by the time the winter rain arrives, and water spilling over the front edge can cause structural damage to the fascia. Our calendar is set from the first visit.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call (866) 435-6328. We do not promise same-day service, so plan a few days ahead if you need a particular window.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 gets flushed and checked for flow. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs the guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and that mat sits on top of the guard until it blocks the flow. We lift the panels, clean underneath, and flush each downspout before we reseat them.
A rain 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. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts and you agree to it first. We do not change the number on the invoice without that conversation.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
