Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in spring and fall. Whether you want one gutter cleaning service or a schedule to clean your gutters all year, call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a firm date.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services on Winston-Salem homes depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote the whole gutter system over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we quote the whole house so you know the total before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk safely takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, and that takes longer to clean out than a normal fall load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Work on gutters and downspouts, including flow testing and haul-off of everything we clear, is included and never billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on houses all over town, and the tree cover is usually what decides how much leaf load comes down the rain gutter in a season. Under heavy tree cover, leaves and debris pile into the gutters and grit buildup speeds up, so clogged downspouts show up sooner and we plan the visit around that. A clog that stays in a downspout does more harm than it looks like from the ground, because water backs up behind the run and finds its way toward the fascia. Structural damage starts small, with a sag or rot in a soft board, and it is cheaper to catch in a regular visit than after a season of standing water. Our job is to keep drainage working, keep water flow moving and drain water away from your home, and the quote reflects what it takes to do that on your specific lot.
To get your gutters quoted, send a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the house. That covers the three things that set the price.
| 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 spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs, when we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load along the roofline, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose or sagged by the time the weather turns. Our fall visits run November to early December, and the goal is a clean gutter going into winter. Across North Carolina, spring visits run late April to May, and here the wettest months are July through September, when heavy rainfall tests a clogged run hardest.
Two cleanings a year covers most houses, and regular gutter cleaning is the simplest form of cleaning and maintenance a home gets. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because a twig or a handful of grit can pack the downspout between visits, and a single season is enough for a clog or blockage to back up the rainwater. A lot with few or no trees, and a landscape that keeps leaves off the roof, usually needs only one visit a year, in late fall, and a run with a leak at a joint gets checked at that visit. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but you still need to keep your gutters clear, because a wet mat of leaves and grit on top of a guard stops water from getting in at all.
Our crew keeps a record of what we find at each visit on residential and commercial properties alike, and that is how we decide which schedule fits a lot. Some residential properties carry a heavier load than their neighbors because of the trees on one side, and the first visit tells us that. The same check works on commercial properties with long runs of gutter. After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters and why, along with a schedule estimate, and that is the schedule we keep for our gutter cleaning service in Winston-Salem NC.
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 the nearest base and covers the surrounding areas. Each homeowner gets a Winston-Salem gutter cleaning quote by phone or text, based on the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the house, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Booking for cleaning services in Winston-Salem starts with that quote, and you can book by calling (866) 435-6328 for the first open date. Lead time depends on the calendar. The two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills, so booking early in those months gets you a date sooner. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. We leave the gutters and any gutter guards clean, and the ground clear when we finish. Our gutter services include gutter maintenance and debris removal at every visit, and we flush every downspout to protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, because a two-story house with a steep roof can take longer than one that is flat. The number we quote is the number you pay.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. In spring we leave the gutters clean of seeds and pollen, and in fall we clear the leaf load before the wet months arrive. To keep your gutters running through the wet months, book before the fall visit, because if you wait past it we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the weather turns cold.
Most slots across Winston-Salem come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If we have an opening sooner, we will offer it, but we do not promise same-day work because the calendar depends on the day.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, and we send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see every run is clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested so we can see that water is getting out at the bottom. If a downspout feeds an underground drain 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 we touch it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, but less often. On our jobs we find twigs, seed casings and grit from the shingles sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. We clear the surface, flush the downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we quote is the number we charge, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
