Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, 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 hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across South Carolina, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we see the most clog building up in the runs on the houses we 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 how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give the number over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our service is priced per house, so the homeowner gets one figure for the whole job. Companies that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, but every cayce gutter cleaning quote we send works from those same three inputs.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris that has to be cleared by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. The price covers the gutters and downspouts on the whole house, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we open a gutter that has gone a long time without cleaning, the leaves and debris have packed into a crust that holds water. Left that way, the buildup pushes water over the front edge and sends it behind the fascia and into the soil around the foundation. A clog that long settled is also what causes sag in the run, because the wet mass pulls the hangers. That is how clogged downspouts turn into structural damage. We see the same pattern on most cayce homes that skipped a visit: standing water, a run that dips, and a downspout that has to be flushed several times before the water flow runs clear. Clearing it early keeps the drainage working and keeps the water away from the house. A clean rain gutter carries the water away in a storm, and a leak at a joint is the first thing a clean run shows you.
On one job in our records, the home sat under a broad canopy and the gutters were full of wet leaves and grit by the time we arrived. The crew cleared the run, flushed each downspout and confirmed water was leaving at the outlet. That job is in our records with its link, and the price followed the three things we always price on, not the sheer size of the lot.
We use the same method on residential and commercial buildings, but commercial properties are priced per building, and the scheduling follows the access. For residential properties the price is set by the house and nothing else, so most homeowners hear one number before the crew starts. Whatever kind of building it is, we will tell you what we find before we charge anything extra.
| 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, in spring and fall, once after the seed and pollen drop and again after the last leaves come down. Across South Carolina, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late April, and the fall visit runs November to early December. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and a paste of pollen. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the grit under it. A gutter that goes into winter full will hold water at the eave, and the runs that skipped a fall visit are the ones we see sagging and pulling loose by late winter.
When we open a gutter in spring, we usually find the seed casings jammed to the elbow. When we open one in late fall we find a leaf mat that has gone soft and dark over the summer. Cayce averages about 45.2 inches of rain a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so a clogged run holds up badly during heavy rainfall. Either way the rainwater has nowhere to go, and it starts to overflow the roofline wherever the clog sits. Once the blockage is cleared, a clean gutter drains the way it should.
Homes under heavy tree cover need cleanings on a shorter schedule. Needles and grit pack the elbows between visits, so those customers book every three to four months. Homes with few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall. If you have guards, the visits can be less frequent, but the surface still needs clearing, because the mat that forms on top of a guard is where the water stops. Across the homes we visit in cayce sc, the calendar follows the trees.
We have a job from the spring visit where the house had no trees over the roof. The owner booked once a year and we flushed the run each time. Under the same kind of canopy, a neighboring home on a schedule of every three to four months stayed clear. Both were in our records, and both show the schedule follows the trees, not the calendar alone.
After the first visit, we tell you which schedule your lot needs. Ask for an estimate on this service and we will confirm the tier before the crew goes out. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every tier: clear the runs, flush each downspout and check the outlet. Regular gutter cleaning on the mid to late April and November to early December visits is the simplest way to clean your gutters before the June through August rains.
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 across cayce and the surrounding areas, and we cover the city from the nearest base without a fixed route. Our gutter services reach homes throughout the city, and we know the roofs and the tree cover that show up most often. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us for a price built from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover. If it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house by text, so we can see the roofline before we arrive.
Lead times depend on the season. The spring and fall windows fill first, so book early if you want a particular week. Our gutter cleaning services are booked on the calendar, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, so you can get your gutters done without taking the day off. A visit booked for the November to early December window keeps water away from your home before winter freezes. Regular service helps protect your home from water damage, and booking early helps keep your gutters clear through the season, including a leak check at the joints and a twig pulled from the outlet. Our cleaning and maintenance visits follow the same steps every time.
Plan around the spring and fall windows if you can, and we will fit you in as soon as a slot opens. Homeowners on this side of the state usually want their gutters cleared before the seasons turn, and the windows fill first. If you have gutter guards, the gutter maintenance is lighter, but the surface still needs a clean and the outlets still need flushing.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give a range here, because the three things we price on are specific to each house. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in spring and fall. The spring visit comes once the seed and pollen have packed to the elbow, and the fall visit runs November to early December. Waiting past the fall visit is where we see sag and ice damage over the winter, since it has freeze risk here and trapped water can turn to ice at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day work depends on our calendar at the time, so ask when you book and we will tell you what is open.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 check for flow at the outlet, and that is included in the price. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we confirm water is leaving the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone starts. The runs come out clean.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, but less often. Under guards on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing the trough beneath it. Straw, seed balls and mulch from the landscape wash in too, and a wet mat left there can rot the fascia behind the gutter. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, so the whole gutter system runs freely.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in heavy rainfall has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video taken during 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 in that case you hear about it and agree before the crew starts any extra work. The number from the phone is the price on the invoice, so there are no surprises at the end of the visit for any of our cleaning services in cayce.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
