Our own crew works on gutters in Murraysville, NC, flushing every run and outlet, flow-testing each one, hauling away what came out, and leaving you photos of each run before we pack the truck. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most homeowners here book with us in spring and fall, and we keep the same schedule for every house we clean across North Carolina.
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, its 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 the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and the packing matter more than the length.
On local jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to set up, and a walk-out basement can put the back run twenty-four feet up with nothing to stand on. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with compacted grit packed into the elbows, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Outlet flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. A clean finish is what we want on every run, and that starts with knowing the height before the ladder goes up. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
We cleaned one of the older Murraysville homes, a house with heavy canopy overhead and a mature landscape around it, and what drove that quote was the packed drain pipes and the back run that needed the boom or scissor lift to reach. Once we had the lift on site and the first run cleared, the rest of the job was predictable. Those are the things we ask about on the phone, and they are the things that show up on the invoice.
Our gutter cleaning services cover residential and commercial work. Residential properties and commercial properties get the same flush and flow check, whether it is a single house or a whole building. The gutter has to carry the rain away from the eaves, and a clog, a sag or a buildup at the elbows is what stops the water flow before it reaches the drainage line. A clogged run can also leak over the edge in heavy rainfall. We clean your gutters to clear all of that, debris removal is part of every visit, and regular gutter cleaning keeps the job short after the first.
| 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. Across North Carolina, the spring visit runs late April to May, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late November to December, after the last leaves come down. When we open the gutters and downspouts in spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and in late fall we find the wet leaf mat that holds water against the roofline. Murraysville NC gets 60.1 inches of rain a year, and July, August and September are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall tests the gutters hardest in summer. On our jobs here, the late fall visit is the one that stops a clog from becoming a blockage by winter.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what keeps the gutters running, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and slow the rainwater. With few or no trees in the landscape, once a year in late fall is enough. A house in the surrounding areas near a busy road or a construction site sits in the middle, because the grit settles in the trough faster than the leaves do. Guards cut the visits down, but the surface still has to be kept clean, and we tell you if the guards need lifting.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and that tier is what we schedule from then on. Skipping the fall visit is how a gutter sags before spring, and sagging runs can lead to structural damage and fascia rot. That is the job we would rather prevent than explain. Regular cleaning and maintenance is how you keep your gutters draining, and it helps protect your home from water damage. Our gutter services run on that schedule.
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 whole city from the nearest base, older streets with heavy canopy and newer lots alike. Murraysville gutter cleaning is the core of what we do, and our cleaning services in Murraysville follow the same steps on every street. The surrounding areas get the same visit. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using your stories, your size and your tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call so nobody waits on a guess.
Our cleanings fill in the two busy windows of the year across Murraysville, late spring and late fall, when the seeds and the leaves come down together. Book in those windows and expect the slot to take a few days longer to open. We call before we come and the homeowner does not need to be home for the visit, so the day stays simple. A gutter that has been left too long is easier to clean on an open date than on a full one.
When you are ready to get your gutters on the schedule, call or text and we will walk you through the quote. The gutter cleaning process runs in the same order at every house, and the photos come to your phone before we leave. Once the gutter is clear, water runs away from your home through the drain pipes instead of pooling at the foundation.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you an estimate before anyone climbs a ladder.
Most of our customers book in spring and fall. If the fall visit is skipped, the leaves and debris turn into a wet mat and the first ice shows up in the runs by winter, and that is when sagging starts.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day work because the calendar depends on the weather and the week.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run 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 is leaving the gutter system at the bottom of the run, so clogged downspouts do not hold water up at the eaves. The goal is to get water away from the house. A buried drain line that needs clearing is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Guards cut the work, but they do not end gutter maintenance. A twig, some needles, seeds and grit sit on top and turn into a paste that blocks the water, so we lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them.
A clean rain gutter that still spills in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage problem, and water leaking behind the trough points the same way. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if something changes the job, and we tell you before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, so the homeowner never sees a surprise at the door.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
