Our own crew comes out to clean gutters in Alexandria VA, flushing every drainpipe, checking water flow through each run and hauling off what comes out, with photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to book. Most of our Alexandria customers book in the spring and the fall.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
For Alexandria homes, the price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but a per-foot rate hides what the roof actually asks for.
On our jobs, the things that move a price are consistent. A third story or a steep pitch takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher off the ground than the front. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes out packed with leaves and debris, which takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add time on both ends. Drainpipe flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. The same pricing works for commercial properties, built from stories, footage and what is in the trough. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on our Alexandria jobs. On one house in the Del Ray area with heavy shade over the back run, the price went up because the crew found a clog in the drainpipe elbow, one with a buildup that had formed over two seasons. The problem with clogged drainpipes is that they have to be opened before water flow can be checked, so we clean the elbow, rinse it and confirm drainage through every outlet. The clog had let water sit behind the rain gutter long enough to start the wood at the back edge, which is the kind of structural damage a visit should catch early. The point of the cleaning is to keep water away from your home, not just to empty the trough. We photographed the rot so the homeowner could decide what to do about it. The case is linked from our project list. If you want the same kind of check on your home, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what to expect before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 Alexandria customers book two cleanings a year, in spring and fall: once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Virginia, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May, and when we open a gutter here at that point we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows along the roofline and a paste of pollen in the bottom of the trough. Heavy rainfall is normal here, about 46.8 inches a year with May, June and July the wettest months, and that paste washes into the drainpipes fast. In the fall it is the leaf load, and a full clean at that point takes longer. On houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs pull loose from the fascia by March after the water froze and sagged the gutter.
Under heavy tree cover, we have customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the drainpipes between visits and a single clog can back rainwater up the whole run. That is regular gutter cleaning for a shaded lot, and it is where the debris removal adds up. If there are few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards mean a clean is needed less often, but the surface still has to be cleared and the drainpipe still has to be checked for blockage. The same schedule logic applies to residential and commercial buildings, and residential properties under heavy tree cover tend to need the shorter interval.
We have a customer with no trees over the house who books once a year, and another under a large tree canopy on the three-to-four-month schedule, and both cases are linked from our project list with what we found at each visit. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot calls for, and the rest of the year follows from that. Booking a gutter cleaning service on that schedule keeps the overflow from happening at all. Get your gutters on the calendar before the first leaves fall, and clean your gutters before the overflow, not after it.
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 does Alexandria gutter cleaning and covers the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base to keep travel time short. Our gutter services cover the cleaning, the drainpipe work and an honest report on the trough. Booking with us is simple. You call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we quote from your stories, your home's size and your tree cover. If it is easy, you can send a photo of the house front so we can see the top of the house before the visit. Lead times depend on the season, and during the two busy windows in spring and fall the calendar fills first, so it helps to book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The gutter cleaning process starts with your call, not the ladder. An Alexandria homeowner with an older home or a roof that has been hard to reach should mention it when they call, because it changes the time we set aside. Tell us about the trees, the gutter guards if you have them, and any spot where water has been coming over the edge or where you see a leak. The more we know about the house before the visit, the more accurately we can plan the day, and the less time we spend finding out what you already knew.
For most homeowners the first visit is the one that sets the rhythm for the next few years of cleaning and maintenance. Clean the gutters, flush every downspout, look at the trough for sag or loose hangers, and tell you plainly what we found. That is how we keep your gutters and downspouts working and protect your home from water damage before it starts.
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. We do not quote a figure without those three things, so tell us what you have and we will tell you the number.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. A clean in late spring finds seeds and pollen packed in the elbows, and a clean in November finds the wet leaf mat, and waiting past that is when runs start sagging and pulling loose.
Same-day slots depend on the season, and we offer them across Alexandria when a crew is already nearby, though most open slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, so you know exactly when to expect us.
No, you do not need to be home. 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.
Yes, we clear out every drainpipe and check that water is leaving at the outlet, including where a drainpipe feeds an underground line. We also look at the landscape where each outlet drains so the water has somewhere to go. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning. Guards keep most of the big leaves out, but seed pods, fine grit and wet debris still settle on top of the guard and underneath it, so gutter maintenance still means lifting the panels. We lift the panels, clean the surface and flush the drainpipes.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. We quote from the stories, size and tree cover, and if something changes the job once we are on site, we tell you before any work starts so you can agree to it.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
