Our own crew cleans gutters across Allen, and our gutter cleaning includes every downspout flushed, the run flow-tested, the leaves 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 property. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we have kept those gutters clean for years.
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 sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services get an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you run the numbers, but the per-foot figure hides the parts that take the time.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk changes the setup more than anything else. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run needs a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted buildup, and that takes longer than a light clog does. When a customer has guards, we lift them, clear underneath and reseat them, and that adds time as well.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of leaves and debris are included, and we never bill them as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice. Clogged downspouts and a sag in the middle of a run show up in the water flow test, and a sag can point to structural damage that we note in the report.
On our jobs we see the same few things drive a quote up. A heavy leaf load in a gutter that runs along a shaded side of the house, a clog at the downspout where it meets the drainage line, and gutters that have sat full through heavy rainfall all take more time to clear. We have had customers in Allen homes where the first run was clean and the back run was packed to the rafters, and the price followed what was actually there. Keeping water away from your home is the reason we do this work at all, so we would rather quote the real number than give you a low figure that grows once the crew is up top.
We clean residential and commercial properties, and the same logic applies to both. Commercial buildings run on a per-building schedule. The crew walks the building, clears the gutters and flushes every downspout, then reports anything that needs attention. We do not sell repairs, and when we find a loose hanger or a seam that is dripping, we photograph it and put it in the report.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number from stories, size and tree cover.
| 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, once in the spring, late March to April across Texas, and once in the fall, November to early December. When we open a gutter in late spring, we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the leaf load, and in cold months the first ice builds at the eave and the ice dams form. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs sagging by March, including runs that were clean the autumn before.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the gutter maintenance schedule our customers keep, because twig pieces, needles and grit pack the troughs between visits. Few or no trees or landscape beds around the house means once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutters with guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing, since leaves and grit sit on top of the guard and the water never gets in.
When the spring or fall visit lands matters too, because rainwater has nowhere to go once a trough is full. A gutter cleaning service that shows up after the wettest stretch, May, June and October, finds the gutters full of wet material, and debris removal takes longer than it would on dry gutters. Keeping regular gutter cleaning on the calendar, where we clean your gutters through the year, keeps them from filling in the first place, and the cleanup is faster when the material has not had time to compact.
On residential properties, regular cleaning and maintenance on the same schedule each year also gives you a record of what the roofline looks like over time. A small blockage or a slow leak that shows up twice in the same spot is worth looking at, and we note it in the report so you can decide what to do.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in writing so you can plan around it. Following that schedule is how you keep your gutters working and protect your home from water damage.
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 cover Allen TX from our crews, and we schedule a slot based on the house, the stories and the tree cover. Allen gutter cleaning follows the same booking calendar as the surrounding areas, so the crews stay close to home. Booking starts with a quote over the phone or by text, and a photo of the front of the house helps us see the stories and tree cover without a site visit. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm a date when you call. The busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop both hit at once.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside on your gutters and downspouts, leaves the yard clean, and the photos come to your phone before the truck leaves. If you have gutter guards, the crew lifts the panels and clears underneath before reseating them. If you have a gate, leave it unlocked, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Our crews keep the calendar full in busy weeks, so booking early in the season is the simplest way to get your gutters on the calendar. If you are a homeowner who wants a gutter cleaning service that keeps you on the schedule without you having to think about it, tell us when you call and we will set up recurring cleanings.
Gutter services for homeowners also include the commercial side for offices and small buildings, and we handle both on the same calendar. If your home or your building has had water damage from a blocked run, tell us what you saw and we will look at it as part of the visit.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We give you the figure by phone or text, and it is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the house details.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. When we open a gutter in late spring we find seeds and pollen, and in late fall it is the leaf load. If a gutter waits past the fall visit, we have found runs sagging by March, and the fascia behind them starting to rot.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside: our crew does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, and sends photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves.
Yes. Every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, so the whole gutter system carries water away from your home. If a line drains underground, we check the outlet, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them and turn into a mat. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The price we quote is the price we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
