Our own crew cleans gutters in Franklin. Every run is flushed and flow-tested, debris is hauled off, and the yard is left clean. Every homeowner gets photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Tennessee, most of our customers book in the spring and fall.
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 square footage and how much buildup 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 companies sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the trough. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the job and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job once we are on the site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the houses with the most trouble are the ones where leaves and debris have sat in the trough through a wet season. A packed rain gutter holds water and lets it spill behind the fascia, and once a run starts to sag the problem gets worse fast, which is how structural damage starts. A clog at the elbow does the same thing, so clogged downspouts get checked first. We clear the run, flush the line, and check the drainage at the outlet so the water flow carries water away from your home and the gutter stays clean. Our crews work on Franklin homes and on residential and commercial properties, and the gutter cleaning process is the same either way.
| 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 book twice a year, in the spring and fall. Across Tennessee, the spring visit lands in mid to late May, after seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit comes in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Franklin gets heavy rainfall, about 53.8 inches a year, and March, May and December are the wettest months. When we open a gutter in May it is rarely clean: seed casings and pollen paste are packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat and grit, pulled off the roof and jammed into the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time winter ends.
On residential properties under heavy tree cover, gutters clog faster, and those lots need a visit more often than the spring and fall pattern, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Lots with few or no trees do well on one clean each year, in late fall. Homes with gutter guards still need the surface kept clean, just less often, and guards do not end gutter maintenance. A blockage in the trough sends rainwater over the edge, and a sagging run can leak at the seam, which is how the roofline and the landscape below it take the hit.
Franklin TN lots are not all the same, so our crew does not run one fixed plan for every house. After the first clean, we tell you which schedule your lot needs, and we adjust from there. To set that up, book regular gutter cleaning service online or call (866) 435-6328 to set the next visit. Some customers text a photo of the house before the first visit so we can estimate the job.
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 Franklin and the surrounding areas. Franklin gutter cleaning books the same way for every homeowner: call, get the quote, and pick a date. When you call, we take the quote from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house by text helps if it is easy to send. Lead times vary with the season, and we confirm the date when you book. The busiest windows for cleanings are late spring and late fall, when most customers want a slot.
Nobody needs to be home for the visit. We call before we come, and the crew works from the outside of the house. Booking with us takes a few minutes, and the number to call is (866) 435-6328. If you want gutter services on the calendar, get your gutters booked before the late spring and late fall rush. We also clean commercial buildings, though this page is about homes.
Whatever the house, the goal is the same: keep your gutters and downspouts moving water away from the foundation, and protect your home from water damage through every wet season. We flush every downspout and check the flow before the crew leaves, and each visit ends with photos sent to you, so you can see that every run is clean. Our cleaning and maintenance visits are priced for the house in front of us.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. Give us those by phone or text and we quote the job, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Our customers here book in late May and again in late October or November. Waiting past the fall visit is where we see sagging runs and a packed trough going into winter, and freeze risk here means trapped water can ice up.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on our schedule that day, so ask when you book. Our cleaning services in Franklin work from the same calendar for every address.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, keeps the walkways clean, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush the outlets and check that the water flows away from your home. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but a gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and grit on top and under the panels. A twig that gets past the guard can clog the outlet, so we keep the trough clean, flush the runs and reseat the guards.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A gutter that is empty and still overflowing has a slope or drainage problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning. Ignoring it can rot the fascia, so take the photo and call.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
