Our own crew cleans gutters in Fort Hood, and every drain is flushed and flow-tested before we leave. Homeowners here get the whole gutter system checked, not just the run they can see from the driveway. Everything pulled out of the trough is hauled off, not blown onto the lawn, and the gutters come back clean with photos of every run on your phone. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that schedule is how we protect your home from water damage.
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 give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that offer gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot and land in a similar place per foot of run, but the three things above are what actually drive the job on our end.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more rigging. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits much higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down packed with old leaf matter that has to be worked loose by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. A run is not done until the trough is clean and the water flow runs out the far end, and drainage gets checked at every outlet. A small leak at a joint is photographed and reported, not repaired on the spot. The whole point is to get water away from your home, not just to empty the trough. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Around here, the houses we clean are a mix of older and newer builds, and the quote we give a homeowner reflects what the gutters actually hold. Most of the fort hood homes we visit come down with the same two things: seeds and pollen in spring, and a wet leaf mat in fall. Both leave a buildup in the elbows, which can cause a clog that backs water toward the fascia, and a sag if the mat has been there long enough. Regular gutter cleaning catches this before it becomes a repair, and our cleanings are timed to the season. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule that matches the season, we can set that up on the first call. Our crew handles the debris removal in the same visit, so there is no second trip.
We treat residential properties and commercial properties the same way. Across residential and commercial jobs, the number is set by what we see from the ladder, not by a rate card. Ask for the quote by phone at (866) 435-6328, or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number you can check against the invoice.
| 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.
On our jobs most customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a rain gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. A gutter that is clean in May can still be full of leaves by November, which is why we come back in the fall. When we open one in November we find a wet mat of leaves and debris that has been sitting since the trees dropped. If a house skipped the fall visit, we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the cold weather arrives, and in the colder months clogged gutters back the water up until it becomes ice at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the interval we see working to keep your gutters and downspouts clear, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the gutter clog builds faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. A house with few or no trees usually does well on one visit a year in late fall. If you have a guard system, the surface still needs clearing, though less often. Our runs usually stay clean and moving if the roofline and the blockage at the elbows are cleared on schedule.
Every lot is a little different, and rainwater runs off each roof differently, so the way we tell you what your home needs is by looking at it. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the findings in the photos we send you.
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 Fort Hood TX and covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base. When you call, we ask for the number of stories, the approximate square footage and whether there are trees over the roof, and we quote from those answers. A photo of the house front by text helps us confirm the roofline. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and the sooner you get your gutters on the calendar, the sooner the water is moving away from your home. The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, which are the spring and fall visit months, so booking early in those windows gets you the slot you want.
Most homeowners who call us want a clean, dry gutter before the next heavy rainfall, and that is the point of the visit. Our fort hood gutter cleaning work is booked in the order the calls come in, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need the gutter cleaning process explained before you book, ask on the phone and we will walk you through it. Gutter maintenance is a schedule, not a single event. Our cleaning and maintenance visits are set up so you can keep your gutters clear between them, and we help set that schedule up.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those two things, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Waiting past the fall window means we find a wet leaf mat that has been sitting since the trees dropped, and on houses that skipped the visit we see sag by the time the first freeze arrives.
We provide cleaning services in Fort Hood, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm a date when you call, and we do not promise same-day service.
No. Our crew works outside, keeps the ladders and bags away from your home, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and every drain 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 and flow-test it, since clogged downspouts are the usual reason water backs over the edge. Where a pipe 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. Flushing and checking is part of our gutter services.
Yes. Gutter guards keep most leaves out of a rain gutter, but needles, twig bits, seed casings and grit settle on top of them and wet into a mat that stops the water from getting in. We clear the surface, flush the outlets and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain has a slope or drain-size problem, not a clog problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem. Left alone, that overflow can rot the fascia, lead to structural damage, and wash out landscape beds at the foundation.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice, and you get a clean invoice that matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
