Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Mercedes: we flush every downspout and flow-test it, leaves hauled off, and 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 hangs over the house. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our Mercedes customers book in spring and fall, and we are on the ladder ourselves, so you talk to the people doing the work.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services in Mercedes 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. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, though we do not work that way.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than the front, so the crew works from a lift or a longer setup. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with leaves and debris, and that takes longer than a light seasonal load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
When we open a gutter that has gone years without a clean, the clog is usually at the elbow where the pipe bends, and clogged downspouts hold a run of leaves and grit behind it. Water flow stops there and the trough fills until it spills over the front edge. Clearing that properly means the sag or drainage problem gets found early, before it becomes structural damage or rot in the fascia behind the trough, and it sends water away from your home. We have cleared gutters on Mercedes homes where the buildup had been there so long the run was already pulling away from the roofline. Those are the jobs where we photograph the problem and report it, since repairs are not something we do.
The same method holds at the commercial properties we service, and it applies to residential and commercial jobs alike. A flat roof with internal drains needs the scuppers and drain bodies cleared, not only the gutter, or water backs up and finds a way in. Any commercial job is quoted per building after a walk of the site, and the lease usually decides who pays for the cleaning, which the commercial section explains.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate by the next business day.
| 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.
Across Texas, spring visits land in late March to April, once the seed and pollen have dropped, and fall visits land in late November to December, after the last leaves have come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of the pipe. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose from the fascia by the time the rainy season arrives. Gulf storms and heavy rainfall send rainwater over the edge of a gutter that is already full, so the first gutter clog of the wet season is the one we see most often.
Under heavy tree cover, we see regular gutter cleaning on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, the odd twig and grit keep packing the pipes between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule applies, since the dust settles into the trough and forms a blockage at the first bend. A yard with a sparse landscape and few or no trees is fine on once a year in late fall. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning, but you still need to clean your gutters, since grit sits on top of the guard and water never gets in.
We do not give DIY instructions for gutter maintenance on this page, because on a ladder the first visit is the one that counts. After the first visit, we tell you what cleaning and maintenance your lot actually needs, and we put that in writing so you can plan the next booking. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the spring or fall date.
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 offer cleaning services in Mercedes, and the crew covers residential properties and surrounding areas from the nearest base. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or by text from your stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the house front is helpful when it is easy to send. The lead time on our calendar varies with the season, and most of our cleanings in Mercedes book in spring and fall. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you want a date that falls inside the busy window, book early in the season. We keep the calendar open for emergency overflow calls where water is coming into the house through a leak, so tell us when you call. For gutter services that need a full clean after a storm, text a photo of the roofline and we will say what the crew will find.
Our goal with Mercedes gutter cleaning is to keep your gutters clean and protect your home from water damage before the next storm. Call (866) 435-6328 or book online to get your gutters on the calendar.
The number for this gutter cleaning service comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We will not guess it from the street, so send us a photo of the front of the house and we will quote the job.
Across Texas, the spring window runs late March to April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall window runs late November to December, once the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat has often caused runs to sag by spring.
Most slots on our Mercedes TX calendar come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Emergency overflow calls are handled first when water is coming in.
No. Mercedes homeowners do not need to be home, and a homeowner who is at work gets the same photos. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every outlet is flushed and flow-tested at the bottom. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, which we quote before touching it, and we tell you if water is not leaving the outlet.
Yes. On our jobs, grit sits on top of the guard and the surface needs clearing, and when it gets wet it runs off the front edge without going in. We still clear it and reseat the guards.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we will not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
