Our own crew cleans gutters in Lubbock TX, and the job is only done when every run is clean and every downspout flows. We flush each downspout, check where the water leaves, and send photos of every run before we leave. 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 Lubbock customers book in spring and fall, once the seed drop and the last leaves are down.
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. Gutter cleaning services in Lubbock are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate before the crew is on the way. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the total is what you pay, so ask for that.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run much higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, which is slower work than a gutter we clean every visit. A gutter system that has started to sag holds water in the low spot, which slows water flow and takes extra time to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. A single story with clean runs is the quickest job we do. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
We keep our Lubbock homes on the same list as the rest of our city work, so the same three questions get the same answer every time: how tall, how big, and how much is overhead. Residential properties get those three questions first, and so does every homeowner. Commercial properties are quoted by phone too, so ask whether a residential and commercial job like yours fits our route. Homeowners who keep their gutters clean tend to see smaller bills, because there is less debris to dig out when we arrive. The buildup after a season of pollen or leaves causes most of the sag and drainage trouble we see, and clearing it early keeps the bill down. A clogged run that sits through a rain can leak at the seam and drip down the fascia, so it is worth clearing before the first storm. Lubbock homeowners ask us about regular gutter cleaning in the spring and fall, and we tell them what to expect on the first visit.
| 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 Lubbock customers book twice a year: in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and any house that skipped the fall visit tends to show runs that have pulled loose by the time winter ends. Lubbock winters freeze, so water trapped in a clogged run can turn to ice at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, the gutter clog comes back faster, so those customers book every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits. Houses with few or no trees need once a year in late fall, and two cleanings a year is the common pattern for a lot with trees on one side. Gutters guarded against leaves still need a visit, with the surface cleared, but less often. Once the runs are clean at the end of each visit, the gutter clog has nothing to build on.
Rainwater that cannot leave the roofline sheets over the edge and runs down the wall, which is the blockage we are trying to prevent. Rain gutter trouble usually starts small: a run that holds a few inches of wet debris, a leak at a seam, or a downspout that drops water onto the landscape beds beside the foundation instead of carrying water away. Left alone, that becomes structural damage to the fascia and soffit. To keep your gutters working between visits, clean your gutters of obvious debris from the ladder, check that the gutter system drains, and call when a run sags. Whether we are working on a single gutter or a full run, the goal is the same: protect your home from water damage at the eave. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 cleans gutters across Lubbock from our base, and the quote comes by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, with a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Each run is left clean and photographed before the truck leaves. The two busiest windows of the year are spring and fall, so book early if you want a particular week. If your house sits in surrounding areas outside the city, ask when you call whether it is on the route. Lubbock gutter cleaning on a home with gutter guards is quoted the same way, and our gutter services cover the whole run.
Gutter cleaning on a house in Lubbock is the same job we do everywhere else we work: clean the runs by hand, flush every downspout, check the gutters and downspouts where the water leaves, haul the waste away from your home and photograph every run. That is the gutter cleaning process, start to finish. The gutter maintenance we do between visits is limited to what we can see from the ladder, a twig jammed in a downspout for example, and anything else gets reported to you rather than sold. Cleaning and maintenance on the roofline is not an upsell, and if a run needs more, we say so. The goal is simple: get the water away from the foundation. Heavy rainfall after a visit is the real test, and if a run still spills over the edge we will come back and look at it. Get your gutters on the schedule before the season turns, and the crew will take it from there.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, and Lubbock homeowners ask this every spring and fall. If you wait past the last leaves, the clog is packed harder and the bill tends to be higher.
Most slots come up within the week. Our cleaning services in Lubbock are scheduled across Lubbock by the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Ask us what is open when you reach out.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check where the water exits, so the downspouts run clean at the bottom and the whole gutter system drains. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep leaves out but seed casings and grit still pack on top, so the surface gets cleared and every downspout gets a clean flush.
A clean rain gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. If it has gone on for a while, the water can cause rot in the fascia and structural damage to the soffit, so do not wait.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Leaves and debris go into bags and leave with the truck, not onto the lawn, the deck or the landscape beds next door. Every rain gutter run gets a photo before the crew leaves, so you can see the result yourself.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
