Our own crew cleans gutters in McAlester, flow-tests every run, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves come down.
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 gutter system. We set the figure over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we set is the number we charge. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by linear foot land in a similar place per run, but on a house with a lot of corners that comparison rarely holds up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are the same every time. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped landscape raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, plus buildup, and that is a longer visit before the trough is clean. A clog at the top of the run adds time before the crew can reach the bottom, and it slows the water flow down the whole run. A rain gutter that has started to sag takes longer to get level again. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Where we have cleaned around here, the price is driven by the same handful of things. One house on a lot with heavy shade and a long back run was priced higher than the front-facing ones on the street because the crew had to clear a blockage at the second floor first. Clogged downspouts that were never flushed are the most common surprise in McAlester homes, and we put them in the estimate up front so nothing shows up on the final bill. Residential and commercial properties are priced per building and scheduled, and a homeowner on the same street usually gets an estimate in the same afternoon. Homeowners here get the same written estimate as everyone else. When a house has structural damage from years of standing water, we photograph it and report it; we do not quote a repair.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $185 | from $240 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $165 | from $215 | from $280 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $190 | from $250 | from $325 |
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 the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in the fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and when we open one in November it is a wet leaf mat that has been sitting since the first cold snap. The spring visit clears what the trees dropped through the first half of the year, and the fall visit clears what they drop when they are done. Both matter because a gutter that is clogged during the heaviest rain of the year is the one that sends water over the edge, and regular gutter cleaning in spring and fall keeps the rainwater moving. It is easier to clean your gutters before the storms than after.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see gutters every three to four months, because grit and needles pack the outlets between visits, and a blockage can start in a single storm after heavy rainfall. With few or no trees, one of our cleanings a year in late fall is enough for most residential properties. Guards mean less frequent cleaning and maintenance, but the surface still has to be cleared, and the guard panels have to come off so the trough underneath can be checked. The gutter does not know it has a guard on it, so we check every run the same way and leave it clean on every visit.
On a typical house here a gutter with a single blockage at the outlet is a twenty-minute fix, while a gutter with a clog running the full length of the back run needs the whole trough cleared. We look for the rainwater path from the roofline down to the drainage point at each visit, because that route carries water away from the foundation, and we flag any run that is pulling loose from the fascia or dropping out of level. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put that in writing so the schedule is yours to keep.
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 has cleaned gutters and downspouts across McAlester OK on houses in every part of town. We serve the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and the same crew that cleaned the house last spring usually comes back for the fall visit. Every one of our gutter services ends with a clean trough, the same photos and the same flushing. Booking works by phone or text. Give us the stories, the approximate size of the house and whether big trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy. We price from that, and you know the number before you commit. Lead time varies with the season, and we tell you the next open date when you call.
Booking for McAlester gutter cleaning starts with a call or a text. The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop both land on the same gutters. Booking early in those windows gets you a slot at a time you choose. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and we confirm the arrival window the day before. If you are coming up on a storm season and want the gutters clear before the rain starts, call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at the calendar with you. Get your gutters clean before the water backs up, and let us move it away from your home before it can cause damage.
The number comes from the stories, the size and whether big trees hang over the roof, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Across Oklahoma, spring visits land in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. For homes here the fall visit falls in November to early December, once the leaves are down. Waiting past that window often means wet leaves packed into the trough by winter, and the gutters are harder to keep clean once heavy rainfall starts.
Same-day depends on our schedule that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you the earliest open time we have.
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 check that water is leaving at the outlet. If the outlet feeds an underground line, we confirm the water is moving 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 guards keep leaves out but let a twig, seed casings and grit settle on top, and that mat can stop water from entering the trough, so gutter maintenance does not end at the guard. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or drainage problem, not a debris problem, and a leak at a seam or rot on the fascia often shows up only after the trough is clear. Send us 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.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number you get by phone or text is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
