Our crew cleans gutters in Damascus, and we flush every downspout and check that water runs clear to the outlet. Everything we pull out of a rain gutter is hauled away, not blown into the yard, and you get photos of every run before we leave.
The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Damascus homeowners book in the spring and fall, and we can tell you which schedule your house needs after the first visit.
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 in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services start from those three things, and we give the number over the phone or by text. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs the same few things change the quote. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means a boom or scissor lift and a longer visit. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape puts the back run much higher than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter with a sag already in it usually needs its hangers reset, and that adds time. Gutters that have not been opened in years hold compacted leaves and debris that take extra time to break loose, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time on either side of the cleaning. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and we flush every downspout so it runs clean at the outlet, sending the water away from your home before we leave. If anything we find changes the job, such as a leak at a seam or a sag in a run that could lead to structural damage, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on Damascus homes. A two-story house with a clean, open gutter system is the simplest job we do. Gutters that look clean from the ground can still hold a clog at the elbow, so we check inside the downspout too. A house with heavy buildup from years of leaves and a downspout that drains toward the foundation takes more time, because the clog has to be cleared from the top and the drainage checked at the bottom. Both get the same flush of every downspout and the same photos, and in both cases we tell you what we found before we leave.
Residential and commercial work is priced differently. Homes are quoted by the house. Commercial properties are quoted per building, on a schedule that fits the site. If you are a homeowner, the quote you get from us is the quote you pay. If you manage residential properties or a small group of buildings, we can scope the whole set and send one written estimate. For either, the first step is the same: tell us the stories, roughly how big the building is and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will tell you what the visit costs.
If you have not been able to clean your gutters on a regular schedule, the first visit usually takes longer. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the clog from forming in the first place, and the work stays quick. If you are not sure where your house falls, ask us to look at a photo of the roofline and we will tell you.
| 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 Damascus customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the leaves are down. In spring the seed casings and pollen paste pack the elbows at the bottom of each downspout. In fall it is the wet mat of leaves and any twig that broke off in the wind, and on houses that skip the fall visit, runs start to sag and fascia can rot by January.
Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits, so those houses are on a schedule of every three to four months. With few or no trees over the roof, the cleanings can stretch to once a year in late fall. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface of a rain gutter and its downspouts still needs clearing, and we check that water is still reaching the downspout.
Before the wet season starts is the window most people miss. A gutter that is full of wet leaves and debris, or has a blockage at the downspout, when the heavy rain arrives can overflow down the wall and into the foundation, which can mean structural damage. Booking before the rain means we flush every downspout before the first heavy water arrives, and it keeps the rainwater moving where it should go, which helps you protect your home from water damage over the winter.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. We look at the trees, the roof pitch and how clean the gutters came out after the first pass, and we give you a schedule to keep your gutters working through the year. To book that first visit, call (866) 435-6328.
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 cleans gutters across Damascus and surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book the calendar by stories, size and tree cover. To get your gutters on the calendar, ask for a quote by phone or text, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. The lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our gutter services fill in two windows: the spring visit after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit after the leaves are down. Gutter maintenance and gutter cleaning services are booked the same way, so book ahead of those windows to keep your slot. If you are on a regular schedule, we keep your date, so the gutters stay clean between the spring and fall visits without a new call each time.
Our cleaning services in Damascus do the same cleaning and maintenance on every house, whatever the neighborhood. A house under heavy rainfall gets the same flush, the same clean outlet check and the same photos as a house with no trees. The gutter cleaning process ends the same way every time: photos of every run before we leave. If you have questions about the process before you book, call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk you through what happens on the day.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure off a chart.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall window, the wet leaf mat can sag runs under the first freeze and pull hangers loose.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Our cleaning services in Damascus run on the same calendar for every house.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, and leaves the yard as clean as it found it. The same goes for commercial properties.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that it runs clean at the outlet. If a buried line needs clearing, we quote it separately and do not touch it until you agree.
Yes. Guards keep out most leaves and debris, but on our jobs grit still sits on top of the guard, and the surface needs clearing so the gutter stays clean underneath.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout problem, not a debris problem. Water that keeps running over the edge for a season can cause structural damage, and the fascia can rot behind it, so send us a video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you approve it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
