Our own crew will clean your gutters in Gainesville, with gutter services built for local homeowners: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the trash bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Texas, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar for the homes we already know.
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 gutter cleaning services for Gainesville homes over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, from the same three things. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk moves the quote, and so does a walk-out basement or a sloped lot that raises the effective height of the roofline. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed solid with buildup, which takes longer, and guards we have to lift and reseat take extra time. We clean out every run of leaves and debris before the flush, and downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. The gutter cleaning service is quoted before the crew climbs a ladder. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On local streets we have cleaned homes in the neighborhoods where the trees hang low over the eaves, and on those roofs the gutter fills faster and the clog sits deeper in the downspout. On one recent job a two-story house with a heavy canopy came back to us with leaves and grit packed to the elbow, clogged downspouts, and water running behind the fascia. We cleared the runs, flushed every downspout until it ran clear at the bottom, and told the owner what needed watching before the next rain. A clog like that is the first sign of structural damage we look for, because water that stays in the trough rots the board behind it.
If you call with the stories and an estimate of the square footage, we can give you the number before the truck leaves the shop. Send a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, and we will check the roof from there.
| 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: a spring visit across Texas from late March to April, after the seed and pollen drop, and a fall visit from November to early December. Residential and commercial sites both follow that pattern. On our jobs here, when we open a gutter in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by March.
A regular gutter cleaning schedule of twice a year covers most houses. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction where grit comes off the pavement, we see clogs every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in fall is enough. Guards cut the frequency, but we still clean the surface, so guarded gutters are on a longer schedule rather than off one.
A clog that sits in a gutter for a season does more than overflow. May, June and October are our wettest months, and heavy rainfall during those stretches sends rainwater backing up toward the eave, under the edge of the shingles and into the wall. A small leak at the fascia is hard to see from the ground, and it keeps taking water until the board behind it goes soft. Winters here can freeze, so water trapped in the trough can ice at the eave. When we find the blockage early the job is a clean-out, and clearing it early carries water away from the fascia before the board rots. When it has sat through two rainy seasons, the same run is a much longer visit and the fascia behind it needs a look.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in writing with the photos. Our gutter cleaning process ends the same way every time, with the photos on your phone. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the spring or fall date, or text a photo of the roof and we will tell you which visit to book first.
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 clean gutters across Gainesville TX from our nearest crew base, and we keep a regular route for the neighborhoods where we already have a list of homes. Gainesville gutter cleaning runs on that route, and our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring seed drop and the fall leaf fall arrive. Outside those windows, cleanings usually open up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our gutter services cover residential properties on that same route.
To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front if that is easy. To get your gutters on the calendar, we need the stories, a rough square footage and whether big trees hang over the house. From those three things we give you the number, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for an exterior visit, and we do not come inside.
The same crew handles homes in surrounding areas on the same run, so a homeowner calling from a neighboring street gets the same quote and the same photos at the end of the visit. We keep the gutters and downspouts on the schedule that fits the tree cover, because a steady schedule is how you keep your gutters clear between storms. Gutter maintenance on that schedule keeps water away from your home, and it is how we protect your home from water damage without a return trip for the same clog. A twig lodged in a downspout gets the same attention as a full run, and the crew handles the cleaning and maintenance on that route from the first visit to the last.
The number comes from your stories and your home's size, and we give it by phone or text. Once we have those, the quote is the number on your invoice.
Most customers book a spring visit across Texas from late March to April, and a fall visit from November to early December. A house that skipped the spring visit often has a wet, packed mat of leaves and seed by the November visit, and that is the job that takes longest.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the route that day, so ask us when you book our cleaning services in Gainesville.
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 and check drainage at the outlet to confirm the water leaves. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, gutter guards keep most of the big leaves off, but needles, seed casings and roof grit from the landscape still settle on top and under the panels. We lift the guards, clear what sits there, flush the downspouts and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem in the gutter system, not a clog problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken 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 they start, not after. The number we quote by phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
