Our own crew comes out to clean gutters for West Columbia homeowners, flushes every downspout to carry water away from your home, flow-tests the run and hauls the leftover muck away. Photos of every run arrive on your phone before we leave.
The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof. Call (866) 435-6328 and the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Across South Carolina, most of our customers book for the spring and fall visits, when the seed drop and the leaf load are at their heaviest.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
For West Columbia gutter cleaning services, 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 foot, but the stories and the height of the roofline are what usually decide the job.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted muck that has to be cut out by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included in the number and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Every gutter we clean gets checked for clog points at the elbows and the joints, and clogged downspouts get cleared first. We look for sag along the run and for buildup that is starting to slow the water flow. Most of the work we do on West Columbia homes is the regular gutter cleaning kind, where the gutter is full but sound, and the debris removal takes most of the visit. Where a run is pulling loose, has a leak at a joint, or spills water behind it, we photograph it and put it in the report, because the cleaning will not fix structural damage and we do not sell one.
Our gutter services price residential and commercial jobs the same way, from the building and what is in the gutters. For residential properties the quote takes one phone call, and commercial properties are quoted from the same details. If you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule, tell us when you call and we will put the spring and fall dates on the calendar together.
| 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 West Columbia customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and again in the fall after the last leaves come down. In the spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the odd twig lodged at the outlet. In the fall it is leaves and debris, and the wet leaf mat slows the runs down before the rainy season.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the gutters flowing, because needles and grit build a blockage in the runs between visits, so we flush every downspout each time. Few or no trees in the landscape around the house, and once a year in late fall keeps the gutters clean. Near a busy road, a construction site or in surrounding areas with heavy dust and seed, plan on the shorter interval too. Guards cut the cleaning frequency, but the surface still needs clearing a few times a year.
Keep your gutters clear in the wet months. Rainwater that cannot leave the gutter system will find the fascia and the roofline first, and that is where a clog turns into rot. Keeping the gutter system moving helps protect your home from water damage. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put that interval on the calendar so the next booking is set before you forget it.
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 comes to clean gutters across West Columbia SC, and our cleaning services in West Columbia run out of one base that covers the city. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote: call (866) 435-6328 or text us your stories, the size of the house, the tree cover over the gutters and downspouts, and whether you have gutter guards. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send.
Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows are the late spring and the late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf load fill the calendar. Book early in those windows and you get the date you want. We call before we come. The aim is a clean run, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you want to get your gutters on a set schedule, book the whole year in one call and we keep the dates. A homeowner who does that never has to remember the next visit. That is the simplest way to keep the gutter maintenance on track. Our gutter services keep the cleaning and maintenance with the same crew that knows your house.
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 off the street, because the same two-story house can cost differently depending on how full the gutters are.
Most of our customers here book for late spring after the seed drop and for late fall after the leaves come down. If you skip the late November to December visit, the runs carry the leaf load into the wet months, and that is when we see the sag.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless we have an opening that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush each run and flow-test it, and our crew checks that drainage is working at the outlet on the gutters we clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often, but the surface still needs clearing. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and that mat is what stops the water from getting in. Once the guard is lifted and the trough is clean, the water has a path.
A rain gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video during heavy rainfall and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, not after. The quote on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
