Our own crew cleans gutters in Bartlett TN, every drop pipe flushed and flow-tested, the waste hauled off the property, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have run these gutter services across Tennessee through the spring and fall visits for years, and that is when most of our customers book.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters, and a homeowner with a clean gutter run pays less than one packed solid. 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 works out to a similar place for most houses, though it still hides the things that move the job. We would rather you see the whole figure up front.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means boom or scissor lift time and more setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than the front suggests. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and grit, often with a clog at the elbow, and that takes longer to clear. A stray twig in a drop pipe is a quick fix. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing the drop pipes, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how our experience maps to local homes. On one of our cleanings here, the stories, the tree cover and what we found in the gutters all shaped the visit, and the job is written up at its supplied link so you can see the detail. A homeowner here with a lot of tree cover should expect a longer visit than one with none, and we say so on the phone. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can usually tell you what to expect before we ever pull up.
Gutter cleaning is also part of general gutter maintenance, and it keeps water away from your home. Keeping the system clear is cheaper than the repairs that come from water backing up behind the trough. A small leak at a joint is often the first sign that a rain gutter is full, and a clean gutter lets rainwater reach the drop pipe for proper drainage instead of spilling over the edge. Our crew is one of the cleaning services in Bartlett that sticks to the cleaning and maintenance, not anything beyond it. If you want the number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, 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 here book twice a year to clean your gutters, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Tennessee our spring visits land in mid to late May, when we open a gutter and find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows and the drop pipe. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, leaves and debris pressed flat into it, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by the time winter ends, which is where structural damage and rot start. Our fall visits here usually land in November to early December. The gutter system takes the weight of all of it, and a clogged rain gutter is where the trouble starts. Winters here carry a real freeze risk, so water sitting in clogged downspouts is a bigger problem than it looks.
In a landscape with heavy tree cover, we put customers on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drop pipe between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the same schedule applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to keep the trough clean. Guards need less frequent cleaning, but regular gutter cleaning still means clearing the surface and flushing the drop pipes on the same visit.
We see this across Tennessee, but the local lots are where it shows most clearly. A house with no trees and a house under a full canopy on the same street can need very different visits. One of our customers with no trees and a clean run of gutter is on a once-a-year schedule. Another one under trees is on every three to four months, and that is the one we check most often. The wettest months here are April, May and December, and that is when heavy rainfall finds the clog first. Across Bartlett, the rain averages 54.8 inches a year. Both jobs are written up at their supplied links.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs to stay clean.
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 works from the nearest base in TN, across the city and the surrounding areas, and the neighborhoods we have cleaned are the ones listed on our city records. Booking our gutter cleaning services is simple: you give us the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof. Bartlett homes can also text a photo of the house front to start, and that is enough for us to plan the visit. We confirm a date when you call. Lead time moves with the season, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Heavy buildup or a clog that has already backed water over the edge goes to the front of the line, and we check drainage and water flow at the outlet before we plan the visit.
The gutter cleaning process starts with a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from the outside of the house, leaves the yard clean, and does not come inside. We handle residential and commercial work on the same scheduling basis, for commercial properties and residential properties alike. Book a date now and get your gutters on the schedule, or ask for a written estimate and take your time with it. Keeping the trough clear is how you protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we give you a written estimate by phone or text for your house. We do not quote a figure without knowing the house. The number we give is the number on the invoice, and anything that changes the job gets raised before we start.
Most of our customers book late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and late fall after the leaves are down. If you wait past that, the clog at the elbow and the leaf mat are harder to clear and more likely to sag the run, and a blockage in the drop pipe can back water up under the shingles. Keeping the system clear helps you protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which visit is the simplest way to keep your gutters clean.
Same-day depends on how full our gutter cleaning service calendar is that week. Most slots come up within the week across the city and the surrounding areas, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need the earliest opening, say so and we will check what we have.
No. Our gutter services crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drop pipe 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 watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where gutters and downspouts feed an underground drain, we check that rainwater is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and mat down, and then rain runs over the front edge. We lift the guards, clear what is underneath until the trough is clean, and reseat them. Guarded gutters usually run on a longer schedule than open ones.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge at the roofline in rain has a slope or drop-pipe size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
It should not. The quote is built from stories, size and tree cover. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. Nothing is added on the invoice without that conversation first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
