Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Athens, TN, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homes we visit get a clean gutter twice a year, in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 to book our service and get your gutters cleaned.
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 size, 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 gutter cleaning services price per linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but a homeowner gets one number for the whole house. The same three details price commercial properties too.
On Athens homes, a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk raises the price fast, because the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run is further up than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris and take longer to clear, and a clog that old can mean structural damage to the fascia board. Years of buildup slow the drainage and water flow, and a long run can sag between its brackets. Guards on the gutter system that we have to lift and reseat add time too.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Clogged downspouts get flushed and checked for drainage on every visit. If the crew finds anything that changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
We cleaned a home where the gutters had not been opened in several years. Leaves and grit had packed the trough and the elbows, and water was running over the front edge in every hard rain. The crew cleared every run by hand and flushed each downspout until water left at the bottom. Read that job here. The rain gutter was clean and flowing by the end of the visit, and the quote matched the invoice.
If you are not sure what your house needs, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the roof. We will give you a number that holds.
| 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 homeowners in Athens TN book twice a year. Across Tennessee the spring visit falls in mid to late May, and the fall visit in late October to November. When we open a gutter in spring, the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and the rain gutter fills right back up if it is not cleared before the wet season.
Most residential properties here get some ice and snow in January and February, so the fall visit matters more than it would in a warm city. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sagged under the weight of ice and pulled loose from the fascia by the time spring came. Regular gutter cleaning in late fall keeps water moving before the cold sets in. Booking a gutter cleaning service visit before the first freeze is the simplest way to avoid that.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers every three to four months, because needles and grit build up along the roofline and in the downspout between visits. A clog that starts small in one season becomes a blockage by the next, and rainwater has nowhere to go. Homes with few or no trees do fine once a year in late fall. Guards, where they are on the house, mean less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing.
The right time to clean your gutters is before the wet season, not after the overflow. Ask for an estimate, and after the first visit we tell you which gutter maintenance tier your lot actually needs, and we put that in writing.
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 cleans gutters across Athens and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking Athens gutter cleaning is simple. Call or text (866) 435-6328, tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the house. If you already have gutter guards, say so when you book. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We quote from those details, set a date, and a clean system helps keep your home from water damage through the wet months.
Our calendar for gutter services fills in the two busy windows of the year, so book early if you want a particular week. Most of our cleanings are booked in those two windows, and we flush every downspout before we leave. A twig wedged in one downspout is quick to clear; a packed run takes longer. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Among the cleaning services in Athens, we are the crew that cleans the gutters, and we do it the same way on every house. We clean residential and commercial properties with the same care. The point is to keep your gutters clean and working, protect your home, and move water away from your home, not to sell you anything else. If your gutters still need attention or show a small leak after we clean them, we say so in the photos and the report.
The number comes from the stories and size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here because two-story houses vary a lot with size and what is packed in the gutters. Once we have those details, the number we quote is the number we charge.
Late October to November is the main window for gutters here, and the spring visit runs in mid to late May across Tennessee. If you wait until the leaves and seeds have built up through the winter, the clean-out takes longer and the gutter may already be overflowing before the spring rains.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day work depends on our schedule that day, so ask us when you book.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process happens outside only: our crew does not come inside, and the crew 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.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and check it until it runs clean at the bottom. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Where an outlet empties into a landscape bed, we make sure the water runs away from the foundation. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and underneath. Under guards we often find a mat of pollen and grit that stops water from getting in, so the surface still gets cleared on our jobs. Guards lower the gutter maintenance you need, but they do not remove it.
A gutter system that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken during heavy rainfall, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Water left running over the front edge can rot the fascia board, so do not wait on it.
No, unless the crew finds something that changes the job. If that happens, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The quote is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
