Our own crew cleans gutters across Kingsport TN, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, 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 roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers across Tennessee book in the spring and fall, and we start by asking you the three things that set the quote.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but on our jobs the stories and the height of the house matter more than the length of the run.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds when it gets up on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down with sag and buildup in the trough, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the extra time goes into clogged downspouts, because the clog has packed into the elbows and the flow stops before the bottom. A twig wedged in an elbow can hold up the whole run. On Kingsport homes with heavy tree cover, the quote moves most on the height of the back run and the leaf load on the roof. Water away from your home is the point of the work, and a gutter full of leaves and debris cannot move it. Water flow is the test: we run water through each downspout until the run comes out clean at the bottom, and we check the drainage at the outlet. We say so in the photos.
Some homeowners have heavy leaf load and others have almost none, and the difference shows up in the quote. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can give a rough range before you commit to a visit. The final number still comes from the crew on site, and it does not change without your agreement. The same rule covers commercial properties, where the crew quotes from what it sees and the price holds.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the gutters and we will give you a written estimate for our gutter cleaning services by the next business day.
| 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. Across Tennessee, spring visits land in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves. When a gutter is opened in May, seed casings and pollen paste are usually packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the right schedule, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and a gutter that looks clean from the ground can still back up. On a landscape with few or no trees, a single visit in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleared, and the guards do not stop the buildup from forming underneath. Rainwater that cannot leave the rain gutter turns into a clog, and a clog that goes unchecked becomes structural damage at the fascia and the wall. A blockage at the elbow stops a run before it reaches the outlet. Freezing is the other risk here, so a rain gutter full of water in January can turn into an ice dam at the eave. By then the cleaning is the smaller cost.
After the first visit we tell you how often your lot needs a clean, and that tier is written into the photo report. The schedule that fits one house can be wrong for the next one over the street, so we make the call from the trees, the eaves and the gutters themselves. We set the schedule for residential and commercial jobs the same way. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the trough from filling. Book the next gutter cleaning service when the crew is on site, and we set the date then, so the reminder does not depend on your memory.
Call (866) 435-6328 to set the spring or fall date, or book it online, and we hold the slot so you start the season with a clean gutter.
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 covers neighborhoods across Kingsport, and Kingsport gutter cleaning starts the same way on every street. The crew checks the gutters and downspouts before any work begins, and we flush every downspout before the truck leaves. The first step for any homeowner is a quote by phone or text. We need the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the front of the house is helpful and takes a minute to send.
The lead time depends on the calendar, and in spring and fall the slots fill faster for our cleaning services in Kingsport. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for any of the cleanings. You can give us the side gate code and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew handles the rest. The photos come to your phone before the truck leaves, so you see a clean result the same day. The crew can also help you keep your gutters running clear between visits.
If you have been putting off the cleaning, the fall visit is the one that catches the most. We would rather see a gutter before it has held water all winter. If you clean your gutters now, you avoid the bigger repair later. Kingsport gets about 45 inches of precipitation a year, so heavy rainfall will find any run that is still blocked. If you are also looking to protect your home from water damage in the surrounding areas, the cleaning is the simplest step, and we can tell you on the first visit what else the roofline needs. We clean residential properties, and our gutter services cover every run from the first to the last. The visit is short and the report is complete.
To get on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house, and ask for a written estimate and a date so you can get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure from the house type alone, because the tree cover and the state of the gutters change the time on the ladder. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in late October to November. Across Tennessee, spring visits land in mid to late May. If you wait past the fall visit, we find the leaf mat wet and packed, and on houses that skipped it the runs sag by March. Under heavy trees we are on every three to four months.
We confirm a date when you call, and spring and fall fill up first. Same-day is sometimes possible in the off season, but we will not promise it until we check the calendar with you.
No. The gutter cleaning process is the same either way: our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and every downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check the drainage at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it. We tell you what we find, and the quote covers the rest.
Yes, less often. Guards hold leaves off the gutter system, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, but they do not end the cleaning and maintenance, and a guarded gutter still needs a clean once in a while. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspout and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup problem. Water that spills over the front edge runs down the wall instead of away from your home, so send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. If water is also getting behind the trough, and the fascia shows rot or the wall shows a leak, we say so in writing. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and then you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice unless you approve a change.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
