Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess bagged and hauled away, 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 house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Tennessee, most of our customers book a clean in the spring and fall, the way the leaves and seed drop actually arrive.
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. Every homeowner gets the quote by phone or 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, and we are happy to walk through either method with you. Commercial properties are quoted from the same three things, so a building with more stories or a longer run of gutter simply comes in higher.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run sits higher than it looks. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves, a buildup of grit, and a clog that needs more time to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away of everything we pull out are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
Knoxville homes we see each spring and fall often have gutters packed with seeds, grit, and leaves and debris. A common call is a rain gutter that has been overflowing for a season, with clogged downspouts that never drained. When we flush them and check the path to where the water goes, the water running away from your home is what the owner notices first. Clearing the drainage is the job; the structural damage from a sag or a rotted board is what we photograph and report, not what we sell. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house 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.
On our jobs, most customers book twice a year. Across Tennessee the spring visit 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. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged under ice by March. Our crew is also taking calls from knoxville tn customers who waited too long and now have a rainwater problem at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, most customers are on a schedule of every three to four months. Few or no trees overhead means once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards extend the interval, but you still need to clean the surface, and we confirm the blockage at each visit. Some lots near a busy road or construction need a closer look, so the schedule follows the lot. Before heavy rainfall arrives, check the eave and the roofline for any blockage, and treat the work as gutter maintenance rather than a one-time rescue. On residential properties with a standard pitch, the calendar above holds. That gutter cleaning service is simply regular gutter cleaning on the right calendar, and it keeps debris removal ahead of the problem.
After the first visit we tell you which tier of cleaning and maintenance your lot actually needs. Call to get your gutters on the schedule, and we will set the 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.
We clean on homes across knoxville and the surrounding areas, offering cleaning services in knoxville from the nearest base to keep the crew on time. Every knoxville gutter cleaning gets the same work: every run, every downspout, and photos before we leave.
Booking is simple: give us your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easy. We call before we clean, and nobody needs to be home. The busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fast, so book early if you can. Our goal is to clean your gutters and get you back to normal, and to protect your home from water damage before the next heavy rain. That is how we keep your gutters working through the year, and it is the core of our gutter services.
On each visit we clean out the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout until it runs clear, and check the seams for any leak before we leave. Regular cleanings catch a twig or a seed mat before it becomes a blockage, which keeps the gutters ahead of the next storm. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date.
Most houses need gutter maintenance once or twice a year, and a clean in late October to November is the usual fall visit. Tree cover sets the rest, and heavy tree cover pushes the schedule toward every three to four months.
Yes. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it, and the fascia board rots before anything else gives way.
No. A downspout clog can sit below the surface, so the crew flushes each downspout and watches the water flow at the outlet until it runs clear, because the water has to run away from your home.
Yes. Water that spills over the edge dumps onto the bed right under the eave, washes out the soil and the mulch, and runs toward the foundation.
The crew clears every run and every downspout by hand, flushes each one, bags the leaves and grit, and sends photos before the truck leaves. Flushing and haul-off are included in the quote, not billed later.
Cleaning clears what is in the gutters now. Maintenance checks the slope, the seams and the downspout flow so the next heavy rainfall runs clear.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will set the date with a written estimate.
Residential and commercial jobs are quoted from the same three things: stories, roof size and what is in the gutters.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
