Our own crew cleans gutters, flushing every downspout and checking that it flows, hauling the debris away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, square footage and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs most customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaves 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 how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted 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 land in a similar place once the run is measured, and we will walk you through either way if you ask. Tomball homes with a clean, open gutter system usually come in at the low end. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, from the stories and the square footage.
What moves the number on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a buildup of compacted leaves, and a clog that has been building that long takes more time to clear. A sag in the run usually means water has been sitting in it. A gutter that was kept clean since the last visit takes less time than one nobody has opened in years. A rain gutter that has been holding water for a season needs a slower pass before it runs clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned houses where the quote moved because the gutters were full of leaves and debris and the clogged downspouts had to be cleared first. On one, the water flow at the bottom looked clean until we flushed it, and water was pooling near the drainage outlet at the back. On a house with heavy shade, the run that looked clear from the ground was the one with the worst blockage once we got the ladder up. Left that way, a gutter like that can cause structural damage to the fascia and the soffit. A clean system at the end of the visit, with water away from the foundation, is what the number pays for.
| 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 Tomball TX book twice a year, in spring and fall. Across Texas the spring visit runs late March to April, and the fall visit runs December to early January, after the last leaves have come down. In spring the seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig pack the elbows of the downspout. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose or sagged by the next season. A clean start to the season beats a big cleanup later in the year.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because the leaves and seed pods pack the gutter between visits. A house with few or no trees usually does fine once a year in late fall, and a clean roofline at the start of the season is what keeps it that way. Where a home sits near a busy road or active construction, the grit adds to the load and we move it up the same way. Gutter guards change the job too, since you still need the surface cleared even with a guard in place, but the visits can space out a little. Tomball gets about 50.9 inches of rain a year, and May, June and October are the wettest months, so the rainwater load peaks then.
Every blockage we open has a cause, and the schedule follows the cause. A downspout that runs dry after a storm is usually a clog at the elbow, and a gutter spilling water over the front is usually a buildup that has been ignored. After the first visit we tell you what your lot needs, and the estimate for it is in writing with the photos. Our gutter cleaning service handles residential properties and residential and commercial buildings the same way, and debris removal is part of every visit. So clean your gutters on the schedule your lot needs. A clog caught early is quick to clear, while one left until it holds water against the fascia board is expensive to fix.
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 from the nearest base and covers the surrounding areas across Tomball on the same routes. Booking Tomball gutter cleaning takes a few minutes, and homeowners get a quote on the same call. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from the number of stories, the square footage and whether there are trees over it. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm your date when you call rather than promising a slot we might not have. The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months helps. Our gutter services run on those routes, and every homeowner gets the date confirmed on the call.
Nobody needs to be home for the visit. We call before we come, we work from the outside and we do not go into the house. We want every run clean before we leave. The goal is to protect your home from water damage by clearing the gutters and downspouts before the next heavy rain arrives. A clean run catches a small leak at a joint before it reaches the fascia, and a twig at a downspout elbow is enough to back water up, so we flush every downspout to check the flow. Most homes do fine with two cleanings a year, one in spring and one in fall, and more under heavy trees. If you want a single visit that covers the gutters, the fascia and the downspout flushing together, that is what we do, and it is the cheapest way to keep your gutters working through the year.
Our gutter cleaning process is the same at every house, and there is no flat rate for a two-story house. The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. Booking cleaning services in tomball starts with that call, so you know the price before anyone climbs a ladder. A clean gutter line on a two-story house is quoted the same way as any other.
Most of our customers book cleaning and maintenance visits in spring and fall, and the fall visit runs December to early January. If you wait past that visit, we find the leaf mat and, in a freeze, ice working at the eave; by March that is when runs sag and the fascia starts to rot. Keeping to the schedule matters most in May, June and October, when heavy rainfall is at its peak.
Same-day slots are not guaranteed anywhere across Tomball. Most open dates come up within the week, and we confirm the day when you call. If you want to get your gutters done before a storm, say so on the call and we will look for the earliest date we have.
No. We work outside, do not come into the house, and send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Bagged material is hauled away from your home, not dumped on the lawn. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked for flow at the bottom, and the outlet is left clean. Where a downspout drains into an underground line, we check that water is leaving and tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
On our jobs guarded gutters still collect needles and grit on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We clear the surface and check the water is getting in, so the guard stays clean and the gutter keeps moving.
If a clean gutter still spills over the front in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not leaves. Sometimes the landscape is part of it, since a bed that slopes back toward the foundation sends water the wrong way. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you more cleanings for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. Ask for a written estimate, and if you want gutter maintenance on a regular schedule, we set that on the first visit. You get the photos of a clean finish before the truck leaves. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
