Our own crew leaves your gutters clean across Tega Cay SC, flushing every downspout, flow-testing it, hauling the leaves away, and sending you photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across South Carolina, most of our customers book for spring and fall, and we take it from there.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every homeowner here gets the same three questions before a price is named: how many stories the house has, how big it is and what is sitting in the gutters. Most Tega Cay homes come down to those three things. We quote it over the phone or by text from those answers, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price their gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a real house the stories and the pitch do most of the work.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the house, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters left for years come down heavy, with leaves and debris packed in along with a buildup of grit that has to be dug out by hand, not blown. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the ladder. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and the job ends with a clean run. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a typical visit here the first thing we check is where the water goes once the gutter is clean. Clogged downspouts and a clog in the run look the same from the ground, and only one of them is fixed by clearing the trough. We check drainage at the outlet to confirm the water flow is carrying water away from the foundation. When a rain gutter sags, the cause is usually the hangers or the slope, not the leaves, and a sag left alone can turn into structural damage. We photograph it and report it rather than promising a cleaning will fix it. We keep the scope to cleaning, so anything beyond that is written up and left with you.
Our customers here tell us the bill is easier to live with when the visit is scheduled before the buildup gets bad. A lot with heavy tree cover that has been left a season collects more in the gutter system than the same house cleaned on schedule, and the crew has more to haul. We would rather see the gutters twice a year than once after a storm. The same schedule logic applies to commercial properties. The quote takes a few minutes by phone or text, a photo of the front of the house helps, and we confirm the date when you book.
| 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 for spring and fall: the spring visit lands in mid to late April across South Carolina, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves come down. Tega Cay SC gets about 45.6 inches of rain a year, and March, June and August are the wettest months, so rainwater fills the trough fastest then. On our jobs the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and the fall visit finds the leaf load that has sat in the trough all season, enough to make a blockage at the outlet. Freeze risk is part of the fall reason here: when the first ice comes, the water backed up at the eave can form ice dams, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have found runs that sag or pull loose by the next spring.
Under heavy tree cover, residential properties fill their gutters faster, and needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. One clog at an elbow can back a whole run up, so those lots go on a regular gutter cleaning schedule, usually more than one visit a year. With few or no trees, one gutter cleaning service visit in November or early December is usually enough. Across South Carolina, hurricanes and tropical remnants bring heavy rainfall, and Charleston and the Grand Strand take the direct hits, so a storm season check after a big rain is worth the call. Guarded gutters still collect surface grit along the roofline and under the guard, so they get less frequent visits, and the gutter maintenance check each time covers the surface. Every visit includes debris removal and leaves the trough clean. After the first visit we give you an estimate for which tier your lot actually needs, and you can clean your gutters on a schedule without waiting for a storm.
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 covers Tega Cay and the surrounding areas, and books by phone or text at (866) 435-6328. To quote, we ask for the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps if a homeowner can send it easily. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are spring and late fall, when most of our calendar fills. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Book early in those windows so the cleanings land before the next storm, and a leak has less chance to start. A visit on the calendar is how you protect your home from water damage.
The routine is the same for residential and commercial buildings. We flush every downspout on every visit and leave each run clean, and we check that water is being carried away from your home, not left to pool at the foundation. The crew checks the gutters and downspouts for loose hangers, and a twig or seed cap wedged in a seam gets cleared before it becomes a leak. Any gutter guards are lifted, cleared underneath and reseated. The cleaning and maintenance check is how you keep your gutters working between storms. Our gutter services cover every run on the house, front to back.
Tega Cay gutter cleaning books up in the busy windows, so if you want to get your gutters on the calendar before a storm, text a photo of the front of the house and we confirm a date.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, the same three things every homeowner here is asked about. We quote it by phone or text, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Across South Carolina the spring visit lands in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December. We run that same schedule across Tega Cay, and most customers here book both, so the gutter system is clear before heavy rainfall. If you skip the fall visit, leaves can rot in the trough, and we find runs that have sagged under ice by the next spring.
Same-day depends on our schedule that week. If you want to get your gutters done today, call (866) 435-6328 and we tell you the earliest slot we have.
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 and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Waste bags go to the truck, away from your home.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed, and we check that water is leaving the gutter system at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often. On our jobs the guard keeps the leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and under it, so we lift the panels, clear underneath, reseat them and leave the gutter clean when we go.
A clean gutter that still spills over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, or a landscape that slopes toward the house, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree before we start. The gutter cleaning process is the same every time: the quote, the visit, the photos, then the invoice. Our cleaning services in Tega Cay follow that same path at every house. The quote you were given is the price you pay.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
