We clean gutters in Alton, and every run is flushed and flow-tested before our crew leaves. Haul-off is included, and you get photos of each run on your phone. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Alton customers book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall are heaviest.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Alton homeowners usually ask about the number first, and the quote answers that before the crew ever climbs a ladder. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place, but the per-foot math hides the things that actually move the job.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than the number of stories suggests. Gutters full of leaves and debris that nobody has opened in years come out packed hard, and that takes more time than a light fall of leaves. Guards we have to lift and reseat add minutes to every run.
Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included, and none of them is ever billed as an extra. A homeowner never gets a surprise line on the invoice. Cleaning and maintenance on the same visit are one quote, not two. If the crew finds something that changes the job, such as a leak at a seam or a run that has started to sag, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Here is what the experience looks like on a typical Alton house. We clean out the leaves and grit, then flush each outlet and check the water flow until it runs clean at the bottom, which is the drainage test that matters. Where a clog sits in the elbow, we work it from the top. Everything that comes out goes into bags and leaves with the truck, so the lawn and the driveway are left as we found them. Each run gets a photo before we move on, and the photos go to your phone whether or not you were home.
Alton homes do not all carry the same load, and the job starts by measuring that load. A house under a canopy of big trees collects far more leaves and seed casings than one in an open lot, and those gutters need opening more often. The crew measures the actual buildup on each run and tells you what the lot needs, rather than quoting a flat rate that ignores what is up there. A clean gutter system is how we protect your home from water damage, and the quote is built to pay for that work.
| 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 Alton TX customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Those two visits keep the gutter clean and clear before heavy rainfall arrives. Regular gutter cleaning in spring and fall is the schedule most homes on our list follow. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall we find a wet leaf mat two inches deep in some runs, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, we see sagging sections by the following spring.
Under heavy tree cover, we see the gutter clog faster, and clogged downspouts show up first at the elbows. Needles and grit pack the elbows between visits, so those customers are on a schedule of every three to four months. Houses with few or no trees need a single gutter cleaning service in late fall to be safe, and that is the time to clean your gutters before the rain comes back. On residential properties the schedule is set by the trees, not the calendar. Houses with gutter guards still need the surface cleared, but they can go longer between visits.
When we open a gutter after a heavy summer storm, the first thing we check is whether water is flowing freely out of the run. If the flow is slow, the rainwater backs up behind the roofline and can run down the fascia. A blockage at the elbow is the usual cause. Water that overflows lands on the landscape under the eave and can cause structural damage at the fascia and foundation over time. A clean rain gutter carries water away from your home, and that is the sign we look for before deciding which schedule the lot needs. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in the photos.
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.
The crew works across Alton from the nearest base, and we book Alton gutter cleaning visits in the order we receive them. To get an estimate for your gutters, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We need the number of stories, a rough sense of the square footage and whether trees overhang the roof. We then give you the number on the phone, and that is what you pay. Our gutter services run the same way on every house, and the crew checks that each run is clean before the invoice goes out.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late March through April and late November through December. Booking early in those months is the easiest way to lock in your cleanings. Debris removal comes with the visit, and the surrounding areas below the eave are left clean. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our crew handles the gutters and downspouts on the outside of the house, and the glass only if it is in the same visit. Each run is checked for a twig or seed casing wedged in the elbow, and the scope matches what the pricing section lists. The phone line takes residential and commercial calls alike, and for commercial properties we confirm the scope before we quote. If you have a question about how the booking works, the frequently asked questions below cover it, and a clear schedule is the simplest way to keep your gutters working through the year.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Cleaning and maintenance are quoted as one number, and that is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories and the rough square footage.
Our customers here book in late March or April after the seed and pollen drop, and in late November or December after the leaves come down. If you wait until the first heavy rainfall, the wet leaf mat can already have sagged the runs.
Same-day slots depend on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date for your visit when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every outlet until the water runs clean, and we check whether the water is leaving the property instead of pooling in the landscape beside the house. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top of them, so gutter maintenance does not end when guards go on. We lift the panels, clear underneath, and check that water is getting in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not buildup. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. Left wet, the fascia will rot, and the damage gets structural. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job. In our gutter cleaning process, you hear about 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.
