Our own crew cleans gutters in Dickson, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the trough emptied and bagged, 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 property, and the figure we give you on the phone is the figure on the invoice. Most of our Dickson customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills.
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. Most Dickson homes come down to those three things, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot, but we would rather you have one number for the whole house. Commercial properties raise a different question, so we scope those by phone before anyone quotes a figure.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more gear. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mass, and that takes time to clean out by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Under heavy tree canopy the drainage path picks up a clog at the elbows first, and water runs behind the fascia before anyone notices. A rain gutter only does its job while the downspouts run, and clogged downspouts are usually why it spills. On a three-story house with a dense canopy over the back run and a sag at the rear corner, the usual find is a mat of leaves and debris in the trough and a blockage at the downspout elbow. Clearing that and flushing the line to the discharge point is most of the work, and it is quoted from those facts before we arrive. We do not clean out a sagging run and call it done; if a run has pulled loose we photograph it and say so in the report.
Water away from the foundation is the point of the whole job. A gutter that holds water is a gutter that lets it run down the wall, and over time that becomes structural damage at the eave. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy to take, and tell us the three things above, and we will give you a number you can plan around.
| 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.
For a home in Dickson TN, a spring and fall visit from our gutter cleaning service covers the two seasons that matter. Across Tennessee the spring visit usually falls in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and a paste of pollen. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs by March that have sagged under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhead, our customers book more often, because twigs, needles and grit pack the elbows between visits and a rainwater clog can form in a single heavy rainfall. Residential properties with few or no trees usually do well with once a year in late fall. Near a busy road or a construction site, residential and commercial buildings both shed the same grit, so the tighter schedule applies to either.
Gutters with guards still need cleaning. The guard stops the leaves but not the seeds or the grit, so the surface still has to be cleared on the same tiers. Our crew lifts the guard, clears underneath, flushes the run, and reseats it, and we flush every downspout before the guard goes back on.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and how fast it refilled. Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the fascia and eave dry between storms. Whether you want us to clean your gutters on a set tier or only after a storm, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the first date.
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 across Dickson and the surrounding areas, and the schedule is not tied to any one neighborhood. Dickson homeowners call for dickson gutter cleaning on the same stories, size and tree cover we use everywhere, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to take. Lead time changes with the season, and our calendar tends to fill in the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so get your gutters booked early to keep the date you want.
The gutter cleaning process is the same on every job. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from the outside of the house, clears the gutters and downspouts, leaves the yard clean, and sends the photos to your phone when the job is done. Any gutter guards get lifted, cleaned under and reseated as part of the job. Our gutter services stop at the gutter line: if the crew sees a rotted board or a loose hanger, we photograph it and tell the homeowner, and nothing gets sold on the spot. Regular cleanings are the cheapest way to protect your home from water damage. Keep your gutters running well between visits by telling us about any leak or overflow you see, and we will look at it on the next date. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the overflow, and we will book a date.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the property, and you will have a number before anyone climbs a ladder.
Across Tennessee, the spring visit lands in mid to late May and the fall one in late October to November. Gutter maintenance timed to those two visits is what keeps a sag from forming. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice can lift runs and leave you with a sagging gutter by March.
Same-day depends on what the calendar looks like that week, and a clean open slot is rare in the two busy windows. Most dates come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The 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.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we watch the water run out at the bottom. If a line drains underground, we check the outlet and tell you whether water is leaving. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs the guards stop the leaves but let seeds, needles and grit through, and that mat on top still sheds water over the edge. The surface gets cleared on the same tiers, and the whole gutter system gets cleaning and maintenance together so the guards go back where they belong.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem, and if the water is pooling in the landscape or running down the wall, we will say where and whether rot has started.
The number we quote is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
