Our own crew cleans gutters in Brenham, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and each run left clean and photographed before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Texas, spring and fall are the two windows we plan around.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Brenham jobs are priced from 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. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a number per foot misses the height and the buildup that set the time on the job.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that have not been opened in years hold packed buildup that takes longer to clean by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add their own steps. Downspout flushing, flow testing, debris removal and a drainage check at each downspout are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
A clog in the back run is the classic sign on a Brenham house: water pours over the edge rather than out the downspout. A sag or a blockage in the middle of a run holds water even after the leaves are out, so the fix is to clear the sag, flush every downspout and leave the run clean. Brenham homes with years of leaves and debris usually show buildup at the elbows first, and that is where the crew starts. Commercial properties in the same town follow the same logic. Rain gutter problems that show up as water away from the foundation, or as rot or structural damage at the fascia, are the ones we flag early, and clogged downspouts that push water toward the foundation are cheaper to fix now than after the wall has taken the water.
Send a photo of the front of the house by text and we will tell you what we see and what it takes to get the gutters clean on the day. That is the whole process for a quote.
| 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 Texas, the spring visit usually lands in late March to April. In Brenham the fall visit usually lands in late November to December, so spring and fall are the two windows we plan around. Those windows follow the seeds and pollen in spring and the leaves in fall. Timing in Brenham TX follows when the leaves and pollen arrive, not a rigid calendar.
When we open a gutter here in spring, we find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows. A clean gutter system in spring keeps the fall load from packing the same elbows. A clog left through the fall can sag or pull loose by winter, and a full gutter during heavy rainfall has nowhere for the rainwater to go but over the edge. Brenham gets about 48 inches of rain a year, and May, September and October are the wettest months. Under heavy tree cover, residential properties need a check more often, since grit and seed pods pack the downspouts between visits. With a cleared landscape and few or no trees, a single visit in late fall covers most of the year. Guards cut the schedule, though the surface still needs clearing.
Plan to clean your gutters in those two windows, and treat regular gutter cleaning as the simplest gutter maintenance a house gets. Across Texas, Gulf hurricanes and tropical storms bring heavy rainfall, so a check after a storm is worth the call. The same timing holds for residential and commercial buildings, though a bigger house takes more time. After the first visit we tell you how often your gutter needs a visit, based on what we see on the day rather than a set calendar, and a run that is clean at the start of each season is easier to hold. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us for a gutter cleaning service estimate, and we set the first visit.
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 Brenham and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base. We book by phone or text: send us the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the house front if it is easy. That is enough for a quote. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you want a particular week, book early, and our gutter services follow the same booking steps for every home.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from the outside, checks the gutters and downspouts, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Before they leave, they flush every downspout and check the water flow. For a Brenham homeowner with a gutter that still overflows after a storm, that check helps protect your home from water damage before the next rain. A leak can start where a clogged run backs water under the shingles, so the crew checks the roofline while they are up there. The goal is a clean gutter and a flowing downspout, and Brenham gutter cleaning is booked the same way for every home.
Gutter guards change the work but not the need, since a twig that lodges on a guard still has to come off by hand. Your cleanings are scheduled around the lot, not a set number of visits. We keep your gutters clean and your gutter services on a schedule that fits the lot, whether that is a single visit or a regular plan. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, and the quote is the number on the invoice.
Across Texas, spring visits usually land in late March to April, and in Brenham the fall visit usually lands in late November to December. A fall visit that waits too long lets the leaf mat hold water before the first freeze, and a sag by the next season is the usual result.
Same-day depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our gutter cleaning process starts with that call, and our cleaning services in Brenham are scheduled by date, so the slot is confirmed before the crew heads out.
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 flush every downspout, flow-test it, and check the drainage where the water carries away from your home. A clear run comes out clean at the bottom. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before we touch it.
Yes. A gutter system with guards keeps out the large leaves, but seed pods and roof grit settle on the mesh and eventually hold water, and that mat runs over the edge once it is wet. Guards lower the cleaning and maintenance load, but they do not remove it. We clear the surface and check the flow under the guard, so the run is clean underneath too.
If a clean gutter still sheets water in heavy rainfall, the problem is slope or capacity rather than buildup. Send us a photo or short video in the rain, and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The price changes only if the job changes, and we raise that before work starts. We do not add charges on the invoice for anything we did not discuss.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
