Our own crew gives your gutters and drop pipes a full clean across Columbia SC. We flush every downspout and flow-test it before we leave, leaves and debris get hauled away, and you get photos of every run. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. A clean system helps protect your home from water damage, which is why most Columbia homeowners book in the spring and fall.
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. Every homeowner gets the same three questions when we talk about cleaning services in Columbia, and the estimate we give over the phone or by text is the number we charge for a clean job. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once they add up a whole house, but the per-foot figure alone tells you little about what your roofline will actually take.
On our jobs, a few things push a quote up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run and changes the drainage, so that run gets a closer look for any leak at the seams. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down with a clog at every elbow and compacted leaves and grit in the trough, and gutter guards that we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Columbia jobs, the quotes that moved the most were the ones where the tree cover was heavy and the house was taller than it looked from the street. One customer with a two-story house and a full canopy over the back run had the number adjusted once we got on the roof and saw the packed elbows, and we told them before we touched a single downspout. Heavy rainfall in June, July and August can turn one clog into an overflow fast, so a heavy canopy is worth checking early. Our quote for gutter cleanings is tied to what the crew can see, and it covers the cleaning and maintenance on every run. Any structural damage to the fascia gets photographed and reported, not sold on the spot. Text us a photo of the front of your house and we can tell you a lot before anyone climbs anything. That keeps rainwater running away from your home, and it is the start of any gutter maintenance you need. Ask for the quote and we will walk you through the three things that set your number.
| 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 the spring after seed and pollen drop, and in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across South Carolina, spring visits usually land in mid to late April, and when we open a rain gutter in spring we find seeds, seed casings, twig bits and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of the drop pipes. Our fall visits usually run late November to December, when the wet leaf mat sits in the trough. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen buildup make runs sag, pull loose or let the fascia rot by the next spring. Clogged downspouts are the usual cause, and a clean system going into the wet months keeps water away from the fascia.
Under heavy tree cover and a dense landscape of shrubs, we see needles and grit pack the drop pipes between visits, so those lots are on a schedule of every three to four months, and regular gutter cleaning keeps the gutter system moving. Few or no trees, and a once-a-year clean in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleared, because that is where the leaves settle once the guard is in place. Houses near a busy road or a construction site fall into the shorter schedule too.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the rain gutter and in the drop pipes across the roofline, and a clean schedule follows from that. The rhythm of the year is the same on every street, but the amount of debris is not, and that is the reason we look for structural damage before we set a 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 works across Columbia SC from a single base and covers the city as a whole. Residential and commercial jobs start with the same questions, and commercial properties get quoted on their own rooflines. Residential properties get their number by phone or text, based on your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising a slot before we know the job. A blockage you spot between visits, or water flow that looks wrong at a downspout, goes to the same phone line, and so do questions about the surrounding areas. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most Columbia homes on our list are due and the calendar fills quickly. If you are planning around those months, call early and book a date while the calendar is open. The gutter cleaning process is straightforward: you hear from us before the crew arrives, we work from outside the house, and the photos of every run come to your phone before we leave. Booking is meant to be simple, and gutter cleaning services on our schedule are built around one clean visit that you can plan for. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule, book the next visit before you leave.
The price for a two-story house in Columbia SC comes from the number of stories and the square footage, along with how much buildup is in the gutters. We give you the estimate by phone or text, and that is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here usually book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the leaves fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze on a house that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sag under the weight of the ice, so the earlier clean is worth it.
We can often get a crew out within the week for our gutter services, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day visits depend on the calendar that week, so ask us when you book. If you live in the surrounding areas, the same phone line handles your quote.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 run and check the drainage at the outlet of any underground line. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it, so you know the full cost before the crew starts a clean.
If your gutters have guards, they still need a clean. On our jobs we find surface grit sitting on top of the guard, and needles working their way underneath to form a clog. The guard shortens the job but does not end it, so a blockage can still form between visits and keeping your gutters clear matters.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, that is usually a slope or capacity problem rather than a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, so we can see where the rainwater runs, and we will tell you what it actually is rather than selling you a second cleaning.
The price should not change once the crew is on the roof. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you approve it before anyone climbs. A clear gutter is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
