Our own crew cleans gutters in Portland, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see each run came out clean. The price comes from how many stories the house has, its size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Portland customers book in the spring and fall, and we are glad to put you on the calendar for the next open window.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted from those three things by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate before anyone is on a ladder. A homeowner who sends one clean photo of the front of the house usually gets a firm number on the first call.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up from the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck and the odd twig, and that trough has to be cleaned by hand, along with any blockage at the outlet. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the number and never billed as extras, and we carry the waste away from your home. We leave the lawn as clean as we found it. A small leak at a seam, or a clog you can see from the ground, is photographed and reported, not sold on the spot. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice. Treat the visit as gutter maintenance, not a repair bill.
On our Portland jobs the quotes that stay put are the ones where the photo of the front of the house and the three facts were right on the first call. The gutter cleaning process is simple once we know what we are walking into, and most homeowners find the estimate matches the crew's first look. Our cleanings cover residential homes and older houses alike, and the work is the same whether the lot has trees or not. Heavy rainfall in Portland makes the timing matter, so if you are waiting until the gutters overflow, the cleaning and maintenance cost is usually lower than the water damage that follows. Get your gutters checked before the wet season, and the whole gutter system is easier to keep clean. If you are comparing cleaning services in Portland, ask for the written estimate and compare it line by line with what we find.
| 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.
Across Portland, most of our customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Tennessee, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May. In spring we find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of every downspout, and a clog there backs the whole run up, so clogged downspouts come first on the list. We flush every downspout until it runs clean. In the fall it is leaves and debris that sit in the trough and turn into a wet mat, and in colder years, the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we find runs that sagged or pulled loose by the next winter.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see working, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A clean run in spring can be packed again by summer's end. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule usually holds, and commercial properties with big roof areas follow it too. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. A gutter system with guards needs less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because the muck that sits on top of a guard turns into a mat that stops the water from getting in, and then rainwater backs up behind it. If you have shrubs or a landscape bed under the eave, expect more buildup. Our crew does not hand out a fixed calendar on the first visit; after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Water left in the rain gutter can rot the fascia and lead to structural damage along the roofline, so the gutters have one job, which is to carry water away from the house. Our gutter cleaning services can be booked for either visit, and we keep your gutters clean on the schedule your lot needs.
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 has cleaned gutters on homes across Portland, and the Portland homeowners near the main roads get the same visit as anyone else. The crew covers all of Portland TN from the nearest base without fuss, and the surrounding areas get the same quote process. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the next open slot. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows, spring and fall, fill first, so an early call helps.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you need a regular gutter cleaning schedule, we can set it up on the first booking and keep your gutters on that schedule from one visit to the next. Some people try to clean your gutters from a ladder in the driveway, and we would rather do that job with stand-offs on every ladder and photos to prove it. Ask us about our gutter services for your roofline, and we will tell you what the house actually needs rather than selling extra work. Debris removal is part of the price, so there is no separate haul-off line, and every visit checks drainage at the outlet and the water flow before the truck leaves. Our crew handles residential and commercial jobs alike, and the same booking process applies to residential properties and commercial properties.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories and the square footage, and you will have a written estimate before we schedule the visit.
Across Tennessee the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May, and our fall visit usually falls November to early December. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, we find the mat packed into the trough, and in freezing weather the first ice can start to damage the runs.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day visits depend on the calendar, so ask when you call and we will tell you what is open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We check gutters and downspouts as one job, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it so we can see the water leaving at the bottom. If a line runs underground, we check the drainage at the outlet and tell you if water is not coming out. A clog in a buried line is a separate job that we quote before we start.
Gutter guards keep the big leaves out, but on our jobs guarded gutters still collect needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guard, and that mat can stop water from getting in and start a clog at the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards, so the gutter comes back clean.
Clean runs help protect your home from water damage, but if a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, it usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a dirty trough. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. A clean quote means the number we give you is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we raise it and you agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
