Our own crew cleans gutters in Richardson, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything bagged and hauled away, and a clean finish with 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 it has, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Texas, most of our customers book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have finished.
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 tend to land in a similar place, but on our jobs the stories and how packed the gutters are do most of the work. Our gutter cleaning process starts with that quote, and cleaning and maintenance visits are priced the same way. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate before anyone climbs a ladder, so every homeowner knows the number first.
On our jobs for homeowners, the things that move a quote are consistent. 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 raises the effective height of the back run. Runs nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, and getting them clean takes more time per foot. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. A twig or a clog at the elbow takes a second pass. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Every outlet gets a drainage check, and a seam with a leak at the joint is photographed and reported, not repaired on the spot. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
One example from our Richardson work: a two-story house in a neighborhood with moderate tree cover, where the back run had not been opened in several years. The muck was packed into the elbows, and the flush showed two outlets that needed a second pass. The quote was given from the stories and tree cover before the visit, and the final charge matched it. Our crew treats the first visit as the baseline: we clear what is there, leave the trough clean, flush every downspout, and tell you what the next visit will need to look like. Book a date by phone or ask for a written estimate, and we will confirm the timing when we call back.
| 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 Richardson customers book cleanings twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. Heavy rainfall in May, June and October is when a clog in the trough does the most damage, and across Texas the storm season brings Gulf hurricanes and tropical storms that test every rain gutter. When we open a gutter here in May, we find seed casings and pollen paste buildup packed into the downspout elbows. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs with a sag and pulling loose by the next spring, with the fascia behind them starting to rot. A sagging run is an early sign of structural damage, and those visits are the core of gutter maintenance for most lots in this area.
Under heavy tree cover and a dense landscape, needles and grit pack the elbows between visits and leave clogged downspouts behind, so those lots are on a schedule of every three to four months. Houses with few or no trees need one visit a year, in late fall, which is usually enough to keep the gutter system moving rainwater away from your home. Gutter guards, if you have them, reduce how often the trough fills, but we still clear the surface and check the flow, so they do not remove the need for a visit. A schedule that matches the trees keeps the trough clean between visits.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Across Texas, a gutter cleaning service that watches the gutter as it sits will catch the difference between a lot that needs a twice-a-year visit and one that needs more. The crew checks the water flow at every downspout and notes what it finds, so the schedule is based on what the gutter does, not on a guess. A rain gutter that drains clean in May is a good sign, and one that does not is a note on the next visit.
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 has cleaned gutters across Richardson, TX and surrounding areas, and the cleaning services in Richardson are run from the nearest base. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Richardson homes with a third story get quoted for a boom or lift, and the rest are quoted by phone. The crew services residential and commercial properties, and the flush, photos and debris removal are the same on both. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we confirm the first available date when you call.
The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, spring and fall, so those are the weeks to book early. Outside those windows slots open up more often. A set schedule of regular gutter cleaning keeps the calendar predictable for residential properties and commercial properties alike. Our gutter cleaning services and our other gutter services book off the same calendar, and each visit ends with a clean trough and photos on your phone. If you have a house that has been on the same schedule for years, call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the next open date against your lot. Ask for a date and we will hold it for you, and if you want to get your gutters on the calendar this week, say so when you call. If you are not sure when to clean your gutters, we will tell you on the call.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We do not hand out a price list; you tell us the house, we tell you the price, and that is what you pay.
Our customers in Richardson TX book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the leaf mat has usually sat through the first cold weather, and on those houses we find runs pulling loose by the next spring. Booking before the rain starts is how you keep your gutters flowing.
Most slots come up within the week for homes in the surrounding areas, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar fills in the spring and fall windows and we would rather give you a real date.
No. Our 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. The crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it.
Yes. Both gutters and downspouts get the same treatment: every downspout is flushed and flow-tested at the outlet, and we tell you where water is leaving. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet, water runs off the front edge. We clear the surface, check the flow and reseat the guards so the gutter runs clean.
A clean gutter that still spills in the rain usually has a slope or a downspout-size problem, not a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Catching it early helps protect your home from water damage.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote by phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
