Our own crew cleans gutters in El Campo, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess 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 is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Texas, most of our customers book the two visits each year, spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule long enough to know where the water goes when it is missed.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. A homeowner gets a clean number before the crew ever picks up a ladder. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the state of the gutters matter more than the length on most houses. Our quote is one number for the whole job, and the same three questions set it for El Campo homes and for commercial properties.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and the buildup takes time to clear by hand. A clog at the elbow of a downspout is slower again, because the water behind it has nowhere to go. A rain gutter that has run full for years can sag, and a sagging run puts structural damage into the fascia, and the wood behind it can rot. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add to the visit. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Water that stands in the trough is a drainage problem, and the crew clears it before the gutters run clean again. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our El Campo jobs the ones that move the price most are the older houses in town where the gutters have been running full for several seasons. On one of those, the crew found a leaf and seed mat backed up through the elbows of two clogged downspouts, with water running behind the fascia at the back corner. Flushing the downspout and clearing the run brought the water flow back, and the run came out clean with the price covering all of it. We do not name a case for a price here, and we do not state a price for one. Every estimate is built the same way from the three things the caller tells us and a photo of the house front by text if that is easy.
| 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 El Campo TX customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves have come down. Across Texas, spring visits run late March to April. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed in the gutter and down the downspout elbows. Our fall window runs December to early January, and the leaf load is the main thing we find then. The wettest months here are September, October and November, with about 49.6 inches of rain a year. A gutter left through that heavy rainfall is the one that overflows at the front edge first, because the rainwater has nowhere to go. Our goal is to have your gutters clean before the wet months start.
How often a house needs the crew depends on the lot. Two cleanings a year cover most houses. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see needles, twigs and grit pack a downspout between visits, so those lots go on every three to four months. A lot with few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in the December to early January window, and a clean run at that visit lasts the season. Gutters with guards come less often, though the surface still needs clearing. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the roofline clear, and a blockage left alone turns a quick visit into debris removal and repair. Each visit is one gutter cleaning service, with photos sent to your phone before we leave. Ask us how often to clean your gutters on your lot and we give you a date. The same tiers apply to residential and commercial work, and residential properties under the heaviest tree cover get the three-to-four-month visit. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Your estimate comes from the lot, not from a guess.
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 El Campo from the nearest base, and the surrounding areas run on the same schedule. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we ask about stories, size and tree cover. Our El Campo gutter cleaning schedule is set by the calendar, and the two busiest windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when most homeowners want the same slot. We call before we come, and nobody has to be home for the work.
Once you have a date, the crew arrives in the window we give and works from the ground up, gutters first, and we flush every downspout as it goes. If you want us to keep your gutters on a steady schedule, we set the next visit before we leave so you do not have to remember it. That keeps the water away from your home and out of the foundation beds and the landscape along the walls, and it helps protect your home from water damage that starts as a small leak at the fascia. Gutter maintenance on that schedule is what keeps the fascia dry, and our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts on the same visit, leaving the yard clean behind the ladder.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our cleaning services in El Campo get that number by phone or text. We do not give a range on the page because the stories and what is in the gutters move it. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Across Texas, spring visits run late March to April, and the fall visit runs December to early January. The wet leaf mat from the fall rains is what we find most often, and a gutter system that skipped that visit has often sagged or pulled loose by March. Spring catches the seed and pollen drop that packs the downspout elbows and creates a clog. A clean gutter going into the rainy season is the goal.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week, and most of our visits book up within the week. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we confirm the date with you.
No. Our gutter cleaning process is all outside work, so the crew does not come into the house, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check that the water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground line, we tell you whether water is getting out at the end. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance: the surface cleared, the guards checked and the downspout flushed. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit underneath, and once that gets wet it becomes a clog. Guarded gutters usually run on a longer schedule than open ones.
If the gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually the slope, the capacity or the downspout size, not the debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It will not change without you hearing about it first. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it. The invoice matches the quote, and every homeowner gets a clean invoice with the photos attached.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
