Our own crew cleans gutters for Groves homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the material hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across Texas for years, and most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed, pollen and leaf load are at their heaviest.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a house is priced on what the crew actually has to climb and clean, not on the length of aluminum on the drawing.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline, and we price for that. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted muck, and a clog or buildup that has been sitting for a while takes longer to clean out than a fresh one. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on our Groves work. On one of our jobs a two-story house with heavy leaf load in the back run needed the rear downspout flushed twice before water flow ran clear, and we priced that in before we started. The clog had been building for seasons and had started to rot the fascia behind one rain gutter run, which we photographed and reported without selling any repair. The price we gave on the phone is the price we charged. Clogged downspouts, leaves and debris packed behind the gutter, and the structural damage that follows when water sits, all cost more to clean the longer they are left. The sooner we get out there, the lower the job tends to run, and keeping water away from the house early is cheaper than paying for rot later.
If you have a commercial property or a rental that shares a roof with a neighbor, the same logic applies to each building. Tell us how many stories and roughly how big each one is, and we give you a figure for each one before we schedule anything. Our residential and commercial properties are priced the same way: by what we actually find when we get up 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 Groves customers book twice a year. Across Texas, the spring visit falls in late March to April, once the seed and pollen drop is over. The fall visit lands in December to early January, after the last leaves come off the trees. When we open a gutter in spring we usually find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and by early January it is a wet leaf mat that has set into a clog. Houses that skipped the fall visit can show runs that sag or have pulled loose by spring, because the weight of the wet mess sat on them all winter. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm, because needles and grit keep packing the downspout elbows between visits. Few or no trees around the eaves, and once a year at the fall visit is usually enough.
Summer is the wettest stretch here, June through August, and that is when a clogged gutter system shows its problems fastest. The whole point of a gutter is to keep rainwater away from the house, and a blockage that the drainage cannot clear finds the nearest seam, backs up into the eave and runs down the fascia. A leak at a seam is usually the first sign that a clog is overdue. Regular gutter cleaning in the spring and fall catches that cheaply, long before a storm does.
Guards cut down how often you have to clean your gutters, but they do not remove the need for the visit. Under guards we still clean out the surface grit, check that water is actually getting in, and flush every downspout, so the schedule stays close to the open-gutter schedule. A gutter estimate for a guarded house usually comes in the same tier as one without guards, because the work is the same job, just with the panels lifted.
After the first clean we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Most houses start on the twice-a-year plan, and we move you up or down after the first few cleanings, once we have seen what the trees and the eaves are doing.
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 Groves TX from the nearest base, and every address in town gets the same quote process. Booking a gutter cleaning service with us is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text us, tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is and whether there are trees over the house or landscape beds against the walls, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We give you a quote from those details and hold a date for you. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when most homeowners book at once and the calendar fills quickly. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work.
Whether you are a homeowner keeping an older house in good shape, or a property manager with residential properties that need the gutters done in one visit, we can plan the route around your schedule. Our gutter services run in a set order: gutters and downspouts first, glass last, and every downspout flushed and flow-tested before anyone leaves. Keep your gutters clean and you protect your home from water damage, and it is the same work whether the house sits in the middle of town or in the surrounding areas.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and how big it is, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Groves are never quoted without those details, so call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the eave and we will give you the exact number before we schedule anything.
Most of our customers book a spring visit and a fall visit. Across Texas the spring visit falls in late March to April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit is December to early January, after the last leaves come down. Wait past the fall visit and the wet leaf mat can set into a clog that is slower to clear and can start to rot the fascia behind it. Staying on top of gutter maintenance between those visits keeps the fall job small.
Most Groves gutter cleaning slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If a day opens up sooner we will tell you on the phone, but we do not promise same-day work we cannot schedule.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside only. Our crew does not come inside, and the crew 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. To get your gutters on the calendar, call us and we will pick a window.
Yes. Every downspout gets flushed, and we keep watching until the water comes out clean at the bottom. If a downspout runs into an underground line, we check that the water actually exits at the far end and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted separately before anyone touches it, and the goal is to get water away from your home, not just out of the trough.
Yes. Under guards on our jobs we usually find needles, seed casings and grit packed on top of the guard and settled underneath it, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards. Guards change the schedule, not the need for cleaning and maintenance.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in the rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem rather than a clog problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote you get on the phone is the number on the invoice, whether it is a light clean or a full one. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we call you and you agree to it before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
