Our crew cleans gutters in Lakeway, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. Lakeway gutter cleaning is the same clean routine on every house: the price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have run this work across Texas for years, and most of the calls we take from Lakeway homeowners come in as the spring and fall visits approach. Use the estimator above, or call or text us for a quote.
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 quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot, including many gutter cleaning services, land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the stories and how badly the gutters clog do most of the work. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter line, so the back run sits higher than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with years of buildup and compacted leaf mat, and that takes a longer pass per run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every section. We flush every downspout, clean out any clogged downspouts, and include debris removal in the quote, never billed as an extra. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Residential and commercial jobs are quoted on the same basis, with the building size and access setting the number. Our crew handles residential properties and commercial properties with the same flush-and-photograph routine, so the work reads the same on your invoice whichever you are. Lakeway homeowners with heavy tree cover tend to need more frequent visits, and we price the regular gutter cleaning schedule to match. Ask for a written estimate and we will break it down by stories and access.
The customer examples we can point to from Lakeway are linked from the case pages on this site, and each one shows what moved the quote on that job. We do not put prices inside those examples, only the conditions the crew found, such as a downspout with poor drainage or one that empties into a landscape bed. If you are a homeowner wondering what would move your number, send us a photo of your gutter system and we will tell you.
| 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 here book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Texas, the spring visit usually lands in late March to April, and the fall visit usually falls November to early December in Lakeway. When we open a gutter in Lakeway TX in spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice. A missed clean is a small problem in the first month and a repair bill by the next one.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees hanging over the house, we clean every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and a gutter can clog faster than a semi-annual schedule allows. Poor water flow through a rain gutter is the first sign, and a twig or seed casing lodged at the elbow is usually the cause. Left too long, a sagging run can lead to rot in the fascia and structural damage at the eave. Houses with few or no trees need a visit once a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, since we still clear the surface and the leaf mat on top of the guard, but the cleanings come less often.
Gutters and downspouts are the part of the house that keeps rainwater off the wall, so a visit on schedule is usually the cheapest way to protect your home from water damage. The easiest way to keep your gutters working is a set calendar, and a clean run at each visit. The low run is where water collects first, and the estimate we give after the first visit reflects what we find there. We tell you which tier your lot actually needs once we have been on the roof, and we do not sell you a tier you do not need.
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 Lakeway gutter cleaning from the nearest base, and we clean across the surrounding areas on the same route. Booking for cleaning services in Lakeway is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a quote from stories, size and tree cover. Lead times depend on the calendar, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promise one in advance. Expect the calendar to fill in the two busy windows of the year, when most homeowners think about gutter services at the same time.
A visit does not need anyone home. We call before we come, and the crew works from the outside, so the day is a matter of the side gate and the ladders. If you want the gutter maintenance schedule to stay simple, we keep your record and remind you before the next visit. We handle cleaning and maintenance together, so one visit covers both. Homeowners who want us to clean your gutters on a set schedule usually set that up with us at the first visit. A small leak or sag that shows up between visits can be checked by text, and we will tell you whether it needs a return trip.
Heavy rainfall in Lakeway is the reason most people call us after a storm, and we book those in the order they come in. Lakeway averages about 38.7 inches of rain a year, wettest in May, June and September, and across Texas the Gulf hurricane and tropical storm season is a second reason people call. Clean gutters carry the water away from your home, and the first visit is when we find out whether the system is doing that. Before the next storm, text us and get your gutters looked at. We appreciate the calls that come in early, and we keep the record of each home so the next visit starts from what we found the last time.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we give it by phone or text across Lakeway. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house, because how much the gutters hold changes the time on the roof.
Most of our customers here book once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Waiting past the first hard freeze is the case where we see sagging runs and ice at the eave on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The 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 checked at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we find evergreen needles threaded through, broad leaves on top, and grit underneath, so we still clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, not debris. Send us 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.
Only if they find something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on your invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
