Our own crew cleans gutters here, 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 the roof, and the figure we give on the phone is the figure on your invoice. Most of our customers here 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 for gutter cleaning services in Five Forks depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though we find the house itself tells us more than the footage does.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk changes the time on the ladder more than anything else. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above what the front suggests. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes down heavy and compacted and is slower to clean, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the visit. Flushing the runs, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included, never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen drive a quote on our Five Forks gutter cleaning jobs. A house with a clog at the front run and a sag over the garage door needed the same visit as a house with heavy buildup, but the sag meant a second look before we flushed. Where the outlets were blocked low, the water flow was poor for a season before anyone noticed, and it took a second flush before they ran clean. Both were priced from what we saw on the ladder, and both were confirmed with the owner before the crew started.
Residential and commercial properties are both quoted the same way, by stories, size and what the gutters and the runs that drain them hold. Homeowners and residential properties get the same flush and photo report as anyone else. Regular gutter cleaning keeps each job shorter, and the cleanings that follow are usually quicker. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the 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 here book twice a year, once in mid to late April across South Carolina after the seed and pollen drop, and again in November to early December after the last leaves are down. In spring we pull seed casings and pollen paste from the elbows and flush every downspout; in fall we clear the wet leaf mat and check the runs before the cold sets in. Both visits leave the runs clean. Twice a year is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear of leaves and debris, and it helps protect your home from water damage.
Freezing is part of the fall visit here. When we open a gutter in late fall we look for the first ice, the ice dams building at the eave, and runs that have started to sag. The houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we find runs pulled loose the following spring. A clog at the top of a run can back water up under the shingles before a homeowner ever sees a leak. Clogged downspouts are one of the quickest routes to structural damage and rot, because the water has nowhere else to go.
Under heavy tree cover in the landscape, needles and grit pack the outlets between visits, so those lots are on every three to four months. A roofline with few or no trees does fine once a year in late fall, and the runs come out clean. Where gutter guards are fitted, we still clear the surface and check the flow, but the visits come less often. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, and tells you what the gutter needs at each visit.
Blockage is the thing we watch for most. A run that looks clear from the ground can still be full at the joint, and rainwater finds the low spot. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we keep the schedule to match what we find up top.
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 South Carolina and serves Five Forks SC and surrounding areas from the nearest base, so a visit is booked around the route rather than a fixed day. Booking works the way it always has: give us the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the gutters, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. We will give you the quote on the call and then get your gutters on the route.
The calendar fills in two stretches of the year, the spring window after pollen drop and the fall window before the freeze, so book early in those months. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside, does not come inside, and the runs are clean before the truck leaves.
If you have a rain gutter that has been left for years, tell us on the call, because that changes the time on the ladder and the way we approach it. We will tell you what we expect to find before anyone climbs. A clean run keeps water away from your home, and that is what every visit is for. Heavy rainfall is the usual reason a homeowner calls, and we are happy to fit a visit in ahead of the next storm where the route allows.
Gutter maintenance is simpler when the schedule is set in advance, and it keeps the cleaning and maintenance on the same visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm a slot.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Our rates across Five Forks work the same way for every house, and we will not guess it from the street. Once we have those two things the quote is firm, and it is the figure on the invoice.
Clean your gutters in late fall and again in spring, since that is when our customers book. Freezing is part of the picture here, so the fall visit matters more than the spring one. Waiting past the first hard freeze means ice in the runs.
Our gutter services run on a route, so most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the calendar has an opening that morning.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside, on homes and commercial properties alike. They send photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We flush every run and check the water at the bottom, so you know it carries water away from the house and the outlet runs clean. Where a run feeds an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Yes, though less often. Under guards we find a twig threaded through and seed casings matted on top, and then the water stops getting in. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over the edge, the problem is slope or capacity, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
