Our own crew will clean your gutters in Richmond, and homeowners here get the outlets checked for drainage before the truck leaves. The leaves are hauled away, and photos of every run go to your phone 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 the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
We have run this work across Texas, and most of our bookings here come in for the spring and fall visits.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services 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. Whether the gutters are lightly loaded or packed, the crew has to clean every run before the job is finished. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the roof pitch are what usually decide it.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds once they are up the ladder. A third story or a roofline 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 eave. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris, and the crew has to clean out all of it before flushing. Guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a job we ran here, one of the houses that moved the quote was a two-story with heavy tree cover over the back run, where the gutters had a clog and a sag near the corner. The crew found clogged downspouts and cleared the buildup. Our rule on a job like that is to flush every downspout before a flow test confirms water is leaving at the outlets. That is the kind of job where the residential and commercial work overlap in one visit, the same way it does on the commercial buildings we service. Most homes here come to us for regular gutter cleaning, and the spring and fall visits are how we keep a home from water damage. We do residential properties and commercial properties on the same schedule logic, and the crew treats both the same way.
| 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 in Richmond TX book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Texas the spring visit runs late March to April, and the fall visit runs December to early January here in Richmond. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall we find the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or started to leak before the year is out. A fall clean before the first freeze is the one most owners ask for.
Under heavy tree cover, clean more often, because leaves and twig litter pack the elbows between visits. On lots near a busy road or construction, the same schedule applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to clean for most houses. Guards mean less frequent work, but the surface still needs clearing. Richmond gets about 51 inches of rain a year, and heavy rainfall hits hardest in May, June and September, the wettest months.
When we open a rain gutter here in May, we find leaves and debris that have been sitting since the previous fall, and that blockage causes the overflow in the next storm. In the meantime, keep your gutters and downspouts clean so the water runs out the outlet and not over the fascia. Regular cleanings help us protect your home from water damage, and the rainwater has somewhere to go besides down the fascia. Our crew works the whole gutter line in one visit, and we flush every downspout before we leave. The estimate for the job comes from what we see on the day. 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 can clean gutters across Richmond and the surrounding areas, working out of the nearest base. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. A photo of the house front helps, but it is not required. Richmond gutter cleaning dates vary with the season. Across Texas the spring visit runs late March to April, and the fall visit runs December to early January here, which is when most of our customers book.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside to clean the gutters, and you get a call before the truck pulls in. The point of the visit is to keep water away from your home, so the crew checks the whole gutter system before they leave. If a seam shows a leak, we point it out. Our gutter services are quoted the same way for every house. If you need a date fast, ask when you call, and we will tell you what is open.
Once the crew is on site, the visit moves through the gutter cleaning process from the top down, and the photos go to your phone before we leave. The gutter maintenance schedule we set after the first visit is written to match what the house needs, and the work is the same whether it is a first visit or a regular cleaning and maintenance call.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Give us those by phone or text and we will quote the job, and the figure we quote is the figure on the invoice.
Across Texas the spring visit runs late March to April, and the fall visit runs December to early January. If the fall visit is skipped, the wet leaf mat and the first freeze tend to show up as sagging runs by the next spring.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We cannot promise same-day on every booking, so ask when you call and we will tell you what is open for cleaning services in Richmond.
No, the homeowner does not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and the photos of every run go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush the outlets and check the water flow at the end of each run. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or the paste they turn into, and the more landscape hangs over the roof, the more of that gets through. So we clear the surface under and over the guard and check that water is still getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or drain-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left alone, that water can cause structural damage and rot in the fascia and soffit.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
