Our own crew cleans gutters for Wade Hampton homeowners. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the debris off, and photograph every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Across South Carolina, most of our customers book a visit in spring and another in fall, when the seed and pollen drop and the leaves come down. Tell us about your roof and the landscape around it, and we will tell you what your lot needs.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services 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. Companies that price gutter services by the linear foot land in a similar place for most houses, but the per-foot math hides the things that actually cost crew time.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A rain gutter run on a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that have gone years without a clean hold compacted debris that has to be worked out by hand. Gutter guards are part of the gutter system, and lifting and reseating them adds time on both ends. Debris removal, downspout flushing and flow testing are included in the quote and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs across Wade Hampton, a house with heavy tree cover tends to have more buildup and more clogged downspouts than one with few trees, so the first clean is when we learn how much of a clog problem a lot really has. Our crew will flush every downspout and check the water flow at the bottom, which is where most homeowners first notice a drainage problem. The clog usually sits in the elbow, and a single twig jammed there is often enough to back the water up, while the sag shows up in the run above it and the leak starts where water pours past the front edge. Most of our Wade Hampton homes that come in with water pouring over the edge are reading a gutter that has not had a clean in a season or more.
Residential and commercial properties are priced separately, and residential properties follow the stories-and-size logic above. If you want to clean your gutters this season, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
| 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 Wade Hampton SC book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall, late November to December, after the last leaves come down. In spring we are pulling seed casings and pollen paste out of the gutters and downspouts. In fall it is leaves and debris matted wet in the trough, which is where the rainwater backs up and where the roofline starts to hold water it should be shedding. Every visit is a clean from the top run to the last downspout.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm we see work. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and March, July and August are the wettest months here, so a gutter that looked clean in April can have a blockage by July. Houses with few or no trees do fine with one clean a year in late fall. Near a busy road or a construction site, the grit load pushes the schedule closer to the heavy-tree tier.
Guards cut how often a visit is needed, but they do not end regular gutter cleaning. Think of it as gutter maintenance on a longer leash. The surface still gets cleared, and the seeds and needles that sit on top of the guard still need to come off. To keep your gutters on a steady schedule is how you protect your home from water damage at the eave and from the structural damage that follows when the fascia board begins to rot. After the first clean 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.
The crew covers Wade Hampton and surrounding areas from the nearest base and works the whole city, not a single neighborhood. To book Wade Hampton gutter cleaning, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front if that is easier. We ask for the stories, a rough size and whether trees hang over the roof, then give you a quote on the spot.
Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows are the spring and fall visit months, when every homeowner who waited a season is calling at once. Book early if you want a specific date. Cleaning and maintenance visits booked ahead of the rush get the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
For a homeowner who has been putting off a clean, the fastest way to get your gutters done is a single phone call. If your gutters are backing up, or you have seen water coming over the edge in heavy rainfall, tell us so we can plan the visit. Our goal is a clean system, a clear overflow path that moves water away from your home, and a house that stays dry through the next storm, and the gutter cleaning process is explained at each step.
The cost of cleaning services in Wade Hampton for a two-story house depends on the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text from those details.
Late spring and late fall are when our Wade Hampton customers book a clean, and if you wait past fall the first hard freeze in January and February can add to the damage on houses that skipped the visit.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call, so a clean visit never has to be a surprise.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and we send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check where it drains, including underground lines where we can see the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
If your gutters have guards, they still need cleaning. On our jobs we find seeds, needles and grit sitting on top of the guard, and the water runs over the front edge when that mat gets wet.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, send us a photo or short video in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
The price will not change once the crew is on the roof unless we find something that changes the job, and if we do, you hear it and agree before work starts. You can reach us at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline for a written estimate.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
