Our own crew cleans gutters in Stephenville, flushing every outlet, flow-testing each run, hauling the debris away, and photographing every gutter before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have done this work on our jobs for years, and most of our customers book the visit in the spring and fall.
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. Our cleaning services in Stephenville are priced the same way for every house, and homeowners here get the same gutter cleaning process whether the house sits in town or in the surrounding areas. A clean gutter and a packed one start from the same three questions. We give you the price over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number you hear is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run is measured, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest change. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back eave, and a gutter nobody has opened in years comes down heavy with compacted leaves and debris. Guards on the gutter system we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every cleaning and maintenance visit and are never billed as extras. Gutter maintenance quotes work the same way, and a clean run is the goal on every visit. If anything changes the job, like a leak or a run pulled loose, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs we have had customers whose houses sit under heavy trees, and the rain gutter that looked clear from the driveway was packed to the elbow with seeds and grit, a clog the driveway view never showed. In one case the homeowner had a single run that held most of the blockage, and once it was open the rest of the house drained cleanly. That is the kind of thing that moves the price: how long the gutters have gone without a cleaning and what the crew finds when the first section comes down. Once we are on the ladder we can see what the house needs, and we tell you before we start anything beyond the cleaning. The whole job is getting water away from your home, and the quote reflects what it takes to do that. For a typical home the starting point is a range we give you on the phone, and the figure we settle on is your number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what to expect.
| 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 here book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs, when we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings, a twig or two and pollen paste packed into the elbows. Stephenville gets about 34.1 inches of rain a year, and May, June and September are the wettest months, which is when heavy rainfall tests a gutter that is already full. A clean gutter in May keeps the fall visit short. In the fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the weather turns cold.
Freezing weather adds a second problem. A gutter full of wet leaves can hold water into the first hard freeze, and that water turns into ice at the eave. Ice dams push up under the shingles along the roofline, and the runs that carry that weight are the ones we find pulled away from the fascia in March. A clean gutter before the cold sets in is the cheapest way to keep that from happening, and it is a short visit when the gutters have been kept up. A clog at the bottom of a run means rainwater sits in the trough and finds the nearest seam, and a small leak there can turn into structural damage at the fascia board, which begins to rot long before anyone notices. A gutter that drains properly is the surest way to protect your home from water damage.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Many yards here have a landscape with big trees close to the house, and the schedule follows the trees. Houses with few or no trees near the eaves do well with one visit a year in late fall, and the goal at that visit is a clean gutter. Houses with gutter guards still need the surface cleared, just less often. After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters. Keep your gutters clean on that schedule and clogged downspouts rarely catch anyone off guard.
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 works across Stephenville TX, and we cover the city and surrounding areas from our nearest base so the drive does not add to your wait. Booking our gutter cleaning services is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text us, we ask for the stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. The number comes back by phone or text. Lead time changes with the season, and when you call we tell you the first open date. Spring and fall are our two busy windows, so if you want a particular week, book early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works from the outside of the house and sends the photos to your phone when the job is done. For a regular gutter cleaning, that means one call on the way and one set of photos afterward, with no surprises in between. Residential properties get the same clean, outside-only visit, and commercial properties are quoted separately, but the photo routine is the same for residential and commercial work.
We also handle clogs and drainage problems in the same visit when they are part of the cleaning. A clog at an elbow is the usual case. A run that sags and slows the water flow is a different job, and we will tell you before we touch it. Customers who keep a regular schedule tend to book the same week each year, which makes the calendar easier for both of us and keeps the gutters clean between visits. If you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule, tell us when you call and we will put you on it.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text at (866) 435-6328. We do not put a figure in writing before we know those two things, and Stephenville TX homeowners get that same quote for every one of our gutter services. The number we quote is the number on the invoice, and a clean quote is one you can plan around.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves. Stephenville homes that wait past the first hard freeze often show ice trapped at the eave and runs that have pulled loose by March. Booking in those windows keeps the gutters clean ahead of the cold.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the schedule depends on the season and the crew we have out that day. Nearby towns run on the same calendar.
No. 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. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladders off the gutter lip, which helps protect your home from scuffed siding.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the outlet, which moves water away from the foundation. A clean outlet is what we are looking for. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need the surface cleared. Under heavy tree cover we find seed casings, leaf litter and grit sitting on top of the guards, and that buildup is what lets water run over the front edge. Guards keep the big leaves out, but gutters and downspouts still need a look.
If a rain gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge during heavy rainfall, the problem is usually a slope that is off, a run that sags, or the pipe size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. Your estimate is the starting figure, and if we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before the crew starts, not after. The process ends with the invoice matching the number we gave you.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
