Our own crew cleans gutters here, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every 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. Garden City gutter cleaning means the whole run gets a clean, not only the stretch you can see from the street. Across South Carolina, most of our customers book a visit in the spring and fall, once the seeds and the leaves have 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 stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Garden City homes get the same quote method whatever the house, and our gutter cleaning services are priced that way too. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though the per-foot method rarely matches how a house is actually built.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually plain to see. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. A low corner with poor drainage can hold water long enough to rot the fascia behind it. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted leaf mass that takes longer to clear. A single twig jammed in an elbow can stop the water flow for a whole run. A seam that has started to leak gets noted on the photos and raised with you before anything is touched. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. We flush every downspout before we leave, and the crew runs water through until it comes out clean. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On one of our two-story jobs, a heavy leaf load had backed up the rain gutter at the corner. What we found at the clog was a blockage of seeds and grit that had kept water from flowing to the downspout, which had begun to pull the run away from the fascia line. Once the clogged downspouts were cleared and the flow ran clean, the crew photographed the sag and reported it so the homeowner could decide what came next. That case is one reason we ask for a photo of the front of the house by text when you call, so we can see the roofline before the truck pulls up. Water can sit behind a run for a long time before it shows up inside, and the early signs of structural damage are easy to miss from the ground.
If you want a number for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from stories, size and what we expect to find in the gutters.
| 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 in Garden City book twice a year. The spring visit comes after the seed and pollen drop, and across South Carolina that usually lands in mid to late April. The fall visit comes after the last leaves come down, usually late November to December. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of each downspout. In the fall, leaves and debris mat into a wet layer, and once rainwater soaks in it packs down into a solid mat.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that holds up on our jobs. Needles and grit pack the rain gutter between visits, and a clog that starts in the wet summer months can be a blockage by September. A run that looks fine after a dry week can still spill over the front edge in heavy rainfall. Few or no trees around the house, and once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards change the schedule a little, and they need less frequent visits, but regular gutter cleaning still has to clear the surface so water can get in. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit settles faster than under a tree, so those houses tend to move up a tier.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and the roofline, and you get an estimate for the next visit. Every gutter cleaning service visit ends with a plain answer on when you need to clean your gutters next. If you want to set up a schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or book a date online, and we will set the spring or fall visit around the calendar you already have.
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.
We have cleaned gutters on local jobs, and our own crew does every one, from the quote to the ladder. Our crew serves homes here and in the surrounding areas, and we take Garden City SC jobs from the same calendar. Homeowners often call once water starts coming over the front edge, but booking ahead beats that. How booking works is simple. You call or text, and we give a quote from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front is easy to send if you have one. Our gutter services cover the whole job from the quote to the photos. The lead time on a slot depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills quickly. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior visit.
If you have an open date in mind, mention it when you call so we can check the calendar. Commercial properties and residential properties are both on the schedule, and we keep residential and commercial visits on separate calendars so each visit gets the full crew. Homes with gutter guards are on the schedule too, and the crew lifts the panels as part of the visit. The simplest way to keep your gutters clean is a schedule set before the water spills over, not after. Regular cleaning helps protect your home from water damage, and a run that drains properly keeps water away from your home. Our crew checks gutters and downspouts together, since a clear run does no good if the downspout under it is blocked.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a fixed figure off a standard sheet, because the house in front of us is what sets the price. Once we have the stories and square footage, you get the number before we book.
Most customers across Garden City book in spring and late fall. If the spring visit waits too long, the seed and pollen paste has set in the elbows, and in the fall a late visit means the leaf mat has already soaked up the first rains. Under heavy tree cover the schedule runs closer to every three to four months. A clean trough going into the rainy months is the goal.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you want to get your gutters done before the rain, call early. Our cleaning services in Garden City fill by season, so we do not promise same-day service, since the calendar depends on the houses already on our list.
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. The gutter cleaning process is the same whether you are home or not. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets in while the ladders are up, and tell us where landscape beds sit so the crew works around them.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that the water is leaving at the outlet, running clean and away from your home. We check the whole gutter system, not just the run you can see from the ground. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and roof grit settling underneath, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the front edge. Guards lower the number of visits, but they do not replace gutter maintenance. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and check that water is getting in, which is the cleaning and maintenance a guarded run still needs.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it is. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for it.
It should not. The number we quote is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
