Our own crew cleans gutters in Irmo, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the material 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 number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Irmo customers book in the spring and fall, which is when the seed drop and the leaf fall fill the gutters.
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 sitting 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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the house itself is what drives the time on the ladder.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up from the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with leaves, which is a full clog and takes longer to get clean, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the trough. Downspout flushing, drainage checks and haul-off are part of the quote, and the runs are left clean. If something changes the job once we are looking at it, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Irmo homes tend to carry a mix of leaf and needle load, where the gutter system has picked up a clog at the downspout elbows over the course of a season. On houses with heavy tree cover, the front run can start to sag under a wet mat of needles, and clogged downspouts at the elbow add time on the roof. We flush every downspout, check the water flow at the outlet, and leave the gutters clean before we go, and the price on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Residential and commercial properties are priced separately. For residential properties the crew works from the number of stories and the size of the roofline, and for commercial buildings we quote per building on a schedule. Either way, the cleaning services in Irmo come quoted in writing, with debris removal and the flush included.
Ask for a quote by phone or by text, and send a photo of the front of the house to get your gutters priced. That is enough for us to give you a clean number you can plan around, and the regular gutter cleaning schedule comes up in the next section.
| 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.
On Irmo SC jobs most customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across South Carolina, spring visits usually land in mid to late April, and even a gutter that looks clean from the ground has seeds packed into the downspout elbows and a paste of pollen and seed buildup along the trough. Fall visits here usually run November to early December, and by then leaves and debris have matted into a wet layer that causes the trouble. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time spring comes around.
Under heavy tree cover, a visit every three to four months keeps a run clean, because needles, grit and the occasional twig pack the downspouts between visits. A lot with few or no trees is usually fine with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards help, but they still need the surface cleared, and we check underneath them on each visit.
A rain gutter usually clogs at the elbow, and the sign is water pouring over the edge in rain instead of out the downspout. Between visits, the blockage at the elbow holds back the rainwater, and the fascia board behind the gutter is the first thing to rot. Across South Carolina, hurricanes and tropical remnants bring heavy rainfall, so the gutters are worth a look after every big storm. Keeping on top of this is how you protect your home from water damage, and it is the simplest way to keep your gutters working through the wettest months, June, August and September, in the surrounding areas.
We also check the gutters and downspouts together on each visit, flushing every downspout and checking where it drains, including the underground lines where they exist, so the gutters stay clean and the water is carried away from your home. Our estimate for the schedule comes from what we find on the first visit, and after that first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 does Irmo gutter cleaning across the neighborhoods, including where the tree cover is heavy and a clean gutter line is hardest to keep. The crew walks the landscape at each house before the first ladder goes up. The crew covers the city as a whole from the nearest base, and each job is scheduled the same way: we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. A typical lead time is a few days, and we confirm the date when you call.
The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, and a leak at a joint is worth mentioning on the call. Give us the number of stories, a rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and the fall, when our calendar fills, so booking early in those months gets you a better slot.
If you are planning ahead, cleaning and maintenance on a regular plan is easier to hold than a single visit when the gutters are already overflowing. Every homeowner in a plan gets the same crew and the same photos at each of their cleanings, which is how our gutter maintenance customers keep track of what changes from one season to the next.
For a quote on our gutter services, call (866) 435-6328 or text a clean photo of the house front, and we will tell you when we can get out there.
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 quote a figure without those details.
Most of our customers here book in the spring after the seed drop and in the fall after the leaves come down. If you wait, the spring pollen paste and the fall leaf mat are what cause the blockage, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, which usually falls November to early December, we see runs that were clean in the fall starting to sag by spring.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 to see what we have open.
No. 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, keep pets inside, and move anything off the landscape where the ladder goes.
Yes, we flush every downspout, check the water flow at the outlet, and confirm it is directing water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guards and packed underneath, so the surface still needs a clean and the downspouts still need flushing.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a leaf problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left alone, that overflow can lead to structural damage at the fascia, so we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If something changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it first. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
