Our own crew cleans gutters in Greeneville, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked this way across Tennessee every spring and fall, and the instant estimator above takes about a minute to fill in.
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 in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. Every gutter cleaning service we book in town starts there, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you know the full figure before the crew is on the ladder.
On our jobs the quote moves for four reasons. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, and that costs more time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run can sit well above the ground. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down packed with leaves, the odd twig, and debris, which takes longer to clean out and flush. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every section they cover. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here in Greeneville homes, the most common surprise is a gutter that looks clear from the driveway but has a sag where water sits and backs up behind the fascia. We flush every downspout and watch the water flow to the outlet, so a clog or a dip that cuts drainage shows up before the invoice does. Clogged downspouts and heavy buildup in the trough are the usual cause, and once we clean it out we can tell you whether the gutter system has a slope problem that cleaning will not fix. Left alone, a dip like that can rot the fascia and soffit and lead to structural damage, because the water has nowhere to go but behind the board.
We handle residential and commercial buildings with the same process. Commercial properties follow the same logic per building, and the quote is scoped to the roof and the number of runs rather than the floor area. Residential properties here are quoted the same way, whether the owner is a homeowner or a building manager. To get your number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, then book a date once the quote is set.
| 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 in Greeneville TN book twice a year, because that is when the trouble shows up. The spring visit usually lands in mid to late May across Tennessee, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November after the last leaves are down. In May the elbows at the bottom of each drop are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes the trouble, and on houses that skip the fall visit we find runs that have pulled loose from the fascia by the time the rain returns. If you only clean your gutters once a year, make it the fall visit.
Under heavy tree cover, most customers book cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and a clog that starts small becomes a rainwater overflow by the next storm. The landscape around the house sets the pace more than the calendar does. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most homes, and regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps a clean trough from filling. A rain gutter left to fill is the usual cause of the overflow. Gutter guards change the frequency somewhat, but the surface still needs clearing, so we include it in the schedule rather than treating the guard as a reason to skip. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can start the schedule from there.
Heavy rainfall in April, June and July, the wettest months around here, is the stretch that tests any run left to fill, so the mid to late May visit is meant to clear the trough before June. If you want to book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the roofline by text and we will tell you which visit makes sense for your house. Keep your gutters on that schedule and the first storm is not a surprise.
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.
We have cleaned gutters for homeowners here, and our crews know which blocks around here have the heavy tree canopy that brings a steady leaf load every fall. Our process starts with a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Calendars fill fastest in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the sooner you call, the sooner you can get your gutters on the calendar. Most homeowners who book with us say the difference is the photos: the gutters and downspouts, before and after, on the phone before the truck leaves. Our crew also watches for anything that is not a cleaning problem, like a hanger pulled loose or a seam that is starting a leak, and photographs it so you can decide what to do next. Gutter maintenance on a fixed calendar catches a slump before it becomes a repair, and booking early helps protect your home from water damage.
Gutter services for the surrounding areas are scheduled from the same office, so the Greeneville gutter cleaning quote you get will match what we would charge across the nearby towns. Our gutter cleaning services are booked the same way in every town.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much buildup is in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text. Cleaning services in Greeneville are priced from those three things, and we will not give a range here because the house decides it. The quote we give is the number we charge.
Across Tennessee the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May after the seed drop. The fall visit in late October to November is the one we push hardest across Greeneville, after the leaves are down. Skipping that visit is where gutter maintenance usually slips, and it is how slumps and loose runs show up when the rain returns.
Open dates depend on the calendar, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service across the board, but the phone call gets you the earliest open date, so you can get your gutters cleaned sooner.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process happens outside only: our crew 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 in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed with water and watched until it clears at the outlet, so clogged outlets show up before we leave. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it, but we check that drainage is carrying water away from your home and tell you if it is not.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. Needles and seed casings sit on top of the guard and the mat that forms can run water over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them. Cleaning and maintenance on a guarded system stays on the schedule, and a clean run is easier to check.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage 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 problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to the change before work starts, never after. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
