Our own crew cleans gutters in Shelbyville TN. We flush every downspout, flow-test it, haul the debris away, and leave the gutters clean with photos of every run before we go. Our gutter cleaning services cover residential and commercial properties, and the price comes from your number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Tennessee most of our customers book in spring and fall, so the calendar fills early.
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. The number we quote is the number we charge, and that is what clean pricing looks like on an invoice. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place for most homeowners once you do the math on a typical house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes the setup. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves, so the back run sits farther up than it looks. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted muck, and getting them clean takes more time. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has worked for plenty of homeowners where the same clog showed up in different forms. Across Tennessee the most common thing we find is leaves and debris packed into the elbows, which is what causes overflow in the first place. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills over the front edge, and over time that can mean rot in the fascia board, a sag in the run or structural damage. On shelbyville homes with heavy tree cover we see the same pattern, so we check the drainage at every downspout instead of just scooping the trough. Clogged downspouts are the main reason a clean gutter still overflows, and flushing them is part of the visit every time. The same check applies to commercial properties with long runs of rain gutter, where one blocked outlet cuts the water flow and dumps it down a whole wall. The aim is to protect your home by keeping water away from the foundation, which is where the real cost of a missed cleaning shows up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house, and we will give you a number before you book a date.
| 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 customers on our Shelbyville TN jobs book twice a year, in spring and fall. Across Tennessee the spring visit lands in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves. Residential and commercial jobs follow the same calendar. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, even when it looks clean from the ground. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and where the first hard freeze comes through, the runs that were not cleaned in the fall are the ones that sag or pull loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm most of our customers settle into for regular gutter cleaning, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Near a busy road, construction or a graded landscape, the same schedule applies. With few or no trees along the roofline, once a year in late fall is enough to keep the runs clean. Guards cut down how often the gutter system fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded systems go less often rather than not at all.
Those are the tiers we see. Anything with overhead branches, a flat section of roof or a downspout that already backs up needs the shorter interval. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the trough and the outlets, not on a rule of thumb. If you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule, ask for the tier that matches your trees. Cleaning on a schedule keeps rainwater moving and catches each clog or blockage before it becomes a leak.
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.
From the nearest base, our crew covers the town and the surrounding areas as a whole, and gutter services are quoted the same way for every homeowner. Each homeowner gets an estimate by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. The lead time varies with the season, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fast. Book early in those months if you want a fixed date and a clean slot on the calendar.
We call before we come, so you know the window, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Booking early also gives the crew time to plan for a steep roof or a guard that has to come off. Many homeowners who wait until the first heavy rainfall find the calendar already full, so the simplest way to get your gutters on the schedule is to book the next of your cleanings while the last one is still fresh. If you want a date before the rush, call (866) 435-6328.
We take the job seriously on residential properties and commercial buildings alike, because water in the wrong place becomes a repair bill. A clean run that keeps flowing protects your home from water damage, and the photos we send after each visit show exactly what was cleared on your gutters and downspouts and where. The goal is simple: keep your gutters running, keep the water away from the foundation, and catch small problems before they turn into structural damage.
The number comes from your stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before anything is booked. A gutter cleaning service quote across Shelbyville works that way. We do not quote a range here because a two-story house with heavy tree cover can land very differently from one without.
Most of our customers book a spring visit and a fall visit. Across Tennessee, spring runs mid to late May, and our fall visit lands in late October or November. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find the wet leaf mat and, on houses that skipped it, runs that have sagged by the time the cold sets in.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so we confirm a date when you call. Our cleaning services in Shelbyville usually come up within the week during quieter months, and the busy seasons fill earlier.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside work only, so our crew does not come inside. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see the clean result. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out most leaves, but on our jobs we find seed pods, winged seeds and twig litter sitting on top of the guard, with grit settling underneath. Once that mat is wet, rain runs over the front edge instead of draining away from your home. We clear the surface and the debris under it, flush every downspout and reseat the guards, so cleaning and maintenance on guarded gutters is the same visit.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain usually has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem rather than a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken 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. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. Gutter maintenance is priced the same way, with no surprises on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
