Our own crew cleans gutters in Monroe, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess 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. We have done this work across North Carolina for years, and most of our customers here book in the spring and fall.
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 large 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. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run of gutter, but we price the whole house so you know the total before we arrive.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, often with clogged downspouts, and they take more time to clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Where a gutter system has been left to fill up, the buildup can hide a sag or a drainage problem that only shows once the trough is clear. We find that sometimes, and we tell you about it before we touch anything. The reason we keep the price tied to what we see is simple: regular gutter cleaning, done in one visit, costs less over the year than a gutter that overflows until the fascia starts to rot and water reaches the foundation.
The Monroe homes and residential properties we see run from older houses under heavy tree cover to newer homes on open lots. Each one gets a quote from its own stories, size and tree cover, and each one gets photos of every run before we leave. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate from it.
| 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 Monroe NC customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across North Carolina, spring visits usually fall in late April to May, and when we open a gutter then we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall, usually November to early December, it is the wet leaf mat and whatever the trees dropped, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by the following spring.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. Monroe gets about 47.8 inches of rain a year, and June, August and September are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall finds any clog that was left behind, and rainwater has nowhere to go. A roofline with few or no trees does well on a once-a-year visit in late fall, and a clean trough going into winter is the goal, which makes that the simplest gutter maintenance schedule we run. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, and they help you keep your gutters flowing between visits, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a blockage on top of a guard still stops the water from getting in.
We ask about the trees and any busy road or construction near the house when we give the estimate, because those are the things that set the interval. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you do not have to guess how often to clean your gutters. Clearing the gutters is how you protect your home from water damage, so if you have a question, text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we see.
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 covers the surrounding areas and works across Monroe from the nearest base, and we clean residential and commercial properties alike. Booking starts with a quote for Monroe gutter cleaning by phone or text, based on stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy for you to send. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call, so if you want to get your gutters on the calendar before the busy weeks, call early. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, which is when most people look for cleaning services in Monroe, so book early if you can.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, which is true for every one of our gutter services. If you want the process explained before you book, we are happy to walk through the gutter cleaning process on the phone, step by step, covering the cleaning and maintenance work from the first photo to the last one on your phone. A homeowner who has had a leak or a clog once tends to schedule the next visit before the crew leaves. A twig wedged in a downspout is often the first sign that it is time, and booking the next visit then is the easiest way to keep the water away from your home between cleanings. After the crew leaves, the gutters are clean and the photos prove it.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Monroe homeowners get it in writing before anyone is on a ladder: give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front, and we will quote it from those three things.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, leaves and debris turn into a wet mat, and in a winter with freezing nights, trapped water can sag a run and cause structural damage by the following spring. That is the most common thing we find on houses that waited.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless we have an open crew that day, so ask when you book.
No. 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, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check the water flow at the outlet to confirm it is leaving. If a line runs underground, we check the outlet and tell you if drainage has stopped there; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, which mat on top and turn into a paste that stops the water from getting in. A twig that slips past the guard can still block a run, so we clean the surface, flush every downspout and reseat the guards. That keeps the whole gutter system working.
A clean rain gutter that still spills water over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. If the fascia is already soft or starting to rot, say so when you call.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, such as a damaged drain line or a problem in the landscape that needs more time, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
