Our crew cleans gutters in Martin, flushes every pipe and flow-tests it, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the estimate we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have run this work in the spring and fall for years, and most of our customers book at those two times.
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 size, and what is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. We price commercial properties the same way. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep pitch along the roofline that is hard to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care on the set-up. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years are packed with compacted leaves and debris, and clearing that by hand takes longer than a light cleaning. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Martin homes we have seen how the three things we ask about show up in practice. One house with a two-story front and a long run of gutter over a clog that had been building for two seasons took more time to clear than the same footprint with the gutters opened last year, and we explained that before we started. Our crew checks the water flow through each outlet so you know the job was done, not just that the trough looks empty. Clogged downspouts are the first place water backs up, so we flush each one until it runs clear. If a run has a sag, shows a blockage at the elbow, or has a buildup of seed and grit, we photograph it and tell you what we found. The point of the quote is that a clog caught early keeps water away from the fascia and the foundation, and keeps wood rot and structural damage off the list.
Tell us the stories, the square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front by text if that is easy. Or call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you one number for the job, and it will be the number we charge.
| 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 here book twice a year, in spring and fall. Each gutter cleaning service visit is planned around those two windows. Across Tennessee, the spring visit comes in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen have dropped. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed in the elbows, and a rain gutter run with poor drainage. The fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves are down. What we find then is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen gutter runs sagging by March.
Freeze risk is part of our fall work here, so we check the eave in the fall. Where the gutter has a clog at the eave, rainwater backs up behind the first course of shingles and can freeze in the cold months. After heavy rainfall that backup happens fast, and it is a leak waiting to happen. It is far easier to prevent with a clean run in November than to fix in January. Snow here is light, but the wet snow that does come lands on a gutter that is already full, and that is when the weight pulls a run loose.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps the drains clear, because needles, the odd twig and grit pack into the elbows between visits. Our cleanings with few or no trees over the house come once a year, in late fall, and that is enough for most houses. Under guards we still clear the surface, less often than an open gutter, but the mat on top still needs to be cut back.
A house with a busy road or construction nearby is on the shorter schedule too, because the grit travels into the trough. The same logic holds for residential and commercial buildings. After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters, and which tier your lot actually needs. We would rather tell you what your gutter shows than sell you a schedule you do not need.
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 Martin TN and covers it from the nearest base, so there is no separate charge for distance. We clean gutters on residential properties for homeowners here and the surrounding areas. We flush every downspout and keep watch over the gutters and downspouts that protect your home from water damage at the foundation, the fascia and the walls. Gutter services for a house are the same kind of work whether the house is new or old, so the schedule follows the house, not the street. Martin gutter cleaning works around the landscape below the eaves and keeps ladders off the beds, and flushed water runs away from your home.
Booking works the way a homeowner would expect. You call (866) 435-6328 or text, we ask for the stories, the size and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We give you the number on the spot. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we confirm the date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when most of our customers book, so the earlier you call, the sooner you get your gutters cleaned.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. If you are planning a clean in the busy windows, keep a flexible week in mind so the date you want is available when you call. The easiest way to keep your gutters working through a wet season is to book before the calendar fills.
Pricing comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you one price over the phone that matches the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late May and again in late October or November. In May we find seed and pollen packed in the elbows; in November it is the wet leaf mat, and houses that skipped the fall visit show sagging runs by March.
Lead time depends on the calendar that week. Our cleaning services in Martin are booked in the order the calls come in, and we clean across Martin on the same schedule. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only: the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every pipe and check that water leaves at the outlet, so the whole gutter system drains. If the outlet feeds an underground drainage line, we tell you whether water is getting through. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, but the surface is kept clean with less effort. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit under it, so the job is shorter but still needed.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is.
It should not. Gutter maintenance is quoted once, and if we find something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
