Our crew cleans out the gutters on your house, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners here book in spring and fall, when the seeds and the leaves have done their damage.
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. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place per foot, but on a real house it is the stories and the state of the gutters that set the time on the ladder.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift rather than a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than the front suggests. A gutter system nobody has opened in years holds leaves, debris and buildup packed into the elbows, and that takes longer to clean out and more care to flush. Where clogged downspouts back up at the top, the crew has to open the line from both ends. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and each run gets a water flow check at the bottom. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on our jobs. Older Mission Bend homes tend to carry heavy leaf load in the gutters, and they hold more buildup than most, so the crew spends extra time on the clog at the bottom of each run. On one recent job under heavy tree cover, the house had three stories, a steep front roof and gutters that had not been cleaned in four years; what we found was a packed run and a downspout clog that had been sending water behind the fascia for months. Left that long, the water turns into structural damage, and the first sign is usually a run that starts to sag. Our crew cleaned it, flushed the line so the water could run down and carry water away from your home again, and the number on the phone was the number on the invoice. A rain gutter full of wet leaves cannot do its job, and a blocked run does the same damage on residential and commercial properties, because water does not know the difference. Send us a photo of the front of your house by text and we can usually tell you what the job will take before we come out.
| 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 homeowners book twice a year. Across Texas, the spring visit falls in late March to April, after the seed and pollen drop. Here, the fall visit falls in December to early January, after the last leaves come down. If you want to know when to clean your gutters here, that is the answer for spring and fall. When we open a gutter in late March we usually find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and when we open one in December we find a wet leaf mat that has been sitting since the first cold rain. We clean out the run each time, because those are the two points in the year when rainwater stops running off the edge and starts backing up at the eave line.
Mission Bend averages about 54.4 inches of rain a year, and May, June and September are the wettest months, which is when a clean run pays off most. Under heavy tree cover the gutters clog faster, and a single twig can start a blockage. Needles, grit and seed casings pack the downspout between visits, so customers under big trees are on a schedule of every three to four months, and regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the water moving. Most residential properties with few or no trees over them usually need one visit a year in late fall, and most of our cleanings are booked then. Gutter guards still need the surface cleared, and we book those less often, though they do not remove the need to check the run.
Freezing weather is part of the Mission Bend TX fall picture in some years, and when it comes early we see ice dams at the eave on houses that skipped the fall visit. Gutter maintenance matters most then. By late March those runs sag or have pulled loose from the fascia where the roofline meets the gutter. Left alone, that water can rot the fascia board before spring. Blockage and poor drainage at the bottom of a downspout is the most common cause on our jobs, and it is easy to miss from the ground. The clog looks the same on residential and commercial buildings, so the check is the same too. Call for an estimate, and after heavy rainfall keep your gutters checked; after the first visit we tell you which schedule 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 covers gutters and downspouts across Mission Bend and the surrounding areas, and our gutter services have worked the older streets and the newer blocks alike. Each gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Mission Bend gutter cleaning is priced the same way on every street, from the stories and the footage. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most homeowners want a visit at the same time. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you are a homeowner booking for the first time, tell us what you have seen. A gutter that overflows at the corner, a leak at a seam, or a downspout that runs slowly after rain all point to the same thing on our jobs. We flush every downspout before we leave and send photos of every run to your phone, so you can see exactly what the crew found and how clean each run is, whether you are home or not. That photo set is how we help protect your home from water damage. Booking in Mission Bend TX is simple. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date that works.
Our cleaning services in Mission Bend are priced by the house, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not quote a range on a page; we quote your house. Once we have the stories, the footage and whether there are trees over the house, the figure we give is the one we charge.
Most of our customers across Mission Bend book in late spring and in late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, we see the wet leaf mat turn into ice dams at the eave in the colder months, and by March the runs have sagged. Houses under heavy tree cover get a visit every three to four months instead.
Slots come up within the week most of the time, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so call (866) 435-6328 and ask what is open, and we will get your gutters booked.
No. The gutter cleaning process is all outside work. The crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it until the water runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line we check that water is leaving at the outlet and not pooling in the landscape, and we tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it, and a working outlet should carry the water away from your home.
Yes. On our jobs needles thread through the guard, seed casings and pollen mat sit on top, and grit settles underneath. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often than open ones, and gutter maintenance on a guarded system means checking that the water is getting in rather than running over the front edge.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows during heavy rainfall has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video of it 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 number we quote is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear 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.
