Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the buildup hauled off, every run left clean, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover sits over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Texas most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills first.
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. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by linear foot land in a similar place, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means boom or scissor lift work. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter line. The same logic applies to commercial properties: roof area and access set the quote. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, compacted, and that takes longer than a light fall load. Guards we have to lift, clean under and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included and never billed as extras. Every run is checked on every job, and clogged downspouts get cleared before the crew leaves. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on a recent job. A customer on a two-story house with heavy overhang had a rain gutter run that had been sagging for a season, with leaves and grit packed into the bend. The crew found the clog at the elbow, left the run clean, flushed the outlet and reported the sag in the photos instead of selling a repair. The quote came from the stories and the tree cover, and the clean invoice matched it. Galveston homes with heavy tree cover tend to need this kind of work more often than houses on open lots, and that is the main reason the quote moves. Where the gutters have been left for years, the buildup is where the water flow stops first, and the rot that follows can reach structural damage.
| 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.
The right time to clean your gutters in Galveston TX is twice a year, in spring and fall. Spring comes after the seed and pollen drop and fall after the last leaves, and across Texas the spring visit runs late March to April while the fall visit runs late November to December. In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack the runs. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and before the rainy season that mat holds rainwater against the roofline. The wettest months here run August through October, and heavy rainfall in those months fills a clogged run fastest.
Under heavy tree cover, plan on cleanings every three to four months, because needles, the odd twig and grit keep building a clog and a blockage between visits. Few or no trees, one clean a year in late fall is enough, and regular gutter cleaning keeps it that way. Guarded gutters need less often, but cleaning and maintenance still applies, and debris removal covers what sits on the guard. The crew works on residential and commercial gutters alike, and the same tier rules apply to residential properties. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we send a gutter cleaning service estimate with the photos of each run.
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 covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and works across Galveston with the most jobs in the neighborhoods where big trees, dense landscape beds and older roofs are common. Galveston gutter cleaning books by phone or text: give us your stories, your approximate size and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the visit before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, spring and fall, so book early if you want a slot in those months. A homeowner who waits often ends up with a gap in the schedule. Booking early is how you keep your gutters clear through the wet months, and we would rather you call now and get your gutters on the calendar before the rainy season than wait and fight the overflow later. Our gutter services are built around that simple plan. Every visit covers gutters and downspouts: we flush every downspout to move water away from the house, and a clean run keeps the rain moving, so a clean gutter helps protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We do not put a figure on this page because the house decides it. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and rough square footage and we will give you the number.
Across Texas our spring visits run late March to April and fall visits late November to December, and a clean fall visit matters most. If the gutters wait past the fall visit, we see the wet leaf mat set in and water start to sit at the back run and leak over the edge. Early is better than late.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in Galveston. We confirm a date when you call, and the crew calls the day before with an arrival window.
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, every downspout is flushed and we check that the drainage takes it away from your home at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, less often, but the surface still has to be kept clean. Guards change the gutter maintenance, they do not remove it. Under guards on our jobs we usually find needles, seed casings and grit on top of the panels, and water stopped getting in until the mat was lifted.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter system that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, and we tell you that plainly instead of selling a second cleaning.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process checks the job before the first ladder goes up. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
