Our own crew cleans gutters in st. andrews sc, flushes the outlets, checks the water flow in each run, hauls the leaves and twigs away and sends you photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across South Carolina, most of our customers book spring and fall, when seed and pollen drop and when the last leaves come down. A clean gutter system keeps water away from your home and helps protect your home from water damage.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house, so the quote works the same way each time. Booking cleaning services in st. andrews goes smoothest when the price is settled before the ladders come out, so get your gutters quoted first.
On our gutter maintenance jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A clog in an elbow, a twig jammed at a seam or a leak at a joint adds a few minutes each, and heavy rainfall tends to show those slow runs first. Most of the bill is cleaning and maintenance time, not drive time. A clean run is what sends rainwater away from your home, and that is what you are paying for. Flushing the outlets, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is a recent job for one of the st. andrews homeowners we serve, and it shows the pattern. A homeowner with a two-story house under heavy tree cover had gutters that had not been opened in a long time, and the crew found a leaf mat packed into the back run that had to be cleared by hand before the run could be flushed. Once the run was clean, the crew checked the water flow through each run. That extra time was the part of the quote that moved, and the homeowner heard it on the phone before we booked the date. Call (866) 435-6328, or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you where it lands.
| 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 customers across st. andrews book twice a year: in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in the fall, from late November to December, after the last leaves come down. Across South Carolina that is the pattern we see most, and the spring visit falls in mid to late April. A gutter that has taken a spring of seed is packed with seeds and seed casings in the elbows, with a paste of pollen across the trough. In the fall we find the leaves and debris that the wind pushed in, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the wet season has sat on them.
On a landscape with heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm, because needles and grit build a clog at the elbows and fill the clogged downspouts between visits. Few or no trees and a once-a-year clean in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road or active construction, expect the shorter interval too. Guards reduce how often the trough fills along the roofline, but they do not end the job; the surface still needs clearing.
A customer with no trees hanging over the house is on the twice-a-year or once-a-year schedule, and one under a full canopy is on the three-to-four-month schedule. A rain gutter that goes too long without a visit can turn into rot and structural damage at the fascia, and that is what the schedule is built to stop. A clean gutter on a regular schedule stays clean between visits. Each one's gutter visit is logged with what we found on the day, and you can read the job notes on each. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Gutter cleaning services here run on the schedule your house asks for, not a fixed calendar.
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 cover St. Andrews, SC as a whole from the nearest crew base, and we have cleaned gutters on st. andrews homes across the city's residential neighborhoods. Booking with us is simple: call or text a photo of the house front, tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the house, and we quote the job the same call. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the first open date when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Every gutter cleaning service we book ends with a clean gutter, and the photos show it.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit. Booking earlier in those windows gets you the date you want. For a slower time of year, ask about an open slot, because a clean gutter stays clean longer between visits when it was cleared before the buildup set in. If you want to clean your gutters before the busy weeks, book the slot early. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the buildup from setting, which is cheaper than the emergency cleanings that follow an overflow.
We do residential and commercial work, and the crew treats both the same way: the gutters and downspouts are cleared, the outlets are flushed and the leftover material comes off the property. That holds for residential properties and commercial properties alike, and the flow test is part of it either way. Getting water away from the building is the goal on both. If you have a question about a specific home or building, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us what you see from the ground. For a house in the surrounding areas, ask whether a crew can reach it before you book.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range on the page because the house decides it. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and size, and you get one number as your estimate.
Our customers here book in the spring after the seed drop, and in the fall from late November to December, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat sits on the runs through winter, and on houses that skipped it we have seen runs sag before spring. Freeze risk in this area is real, so keep your gutters on the fall schedule.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We will not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep. Our gutter services are booked by phone or text, with the first open date given on the call.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and every outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed and checked for flow. Where a gutter feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts it. Good drainage is the whole point of that check.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of the gutters and downspouts but not needles, seeds or grit, and those build up on top of the guard until water runs over the front. On our jobs guarded gutters still get the surface cleared and the runs flushed, usually on a longer interval.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a blockage problem. 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.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before any work starts. The number we quote 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.
