Our own crew cleans gutters in Arlington, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run 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 the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we are glad to quote yours by phone or text.
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 sitting in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we quote it from those three things, for a house or for commercial properties. The number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted per property, not per foot, so you get one clean number up front. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you know the whole house number before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually simple to see from the street. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run sits farther up than it looks. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with a compacted leaf mass that takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own steps. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the arlington homes we clean, the same few things come up again and again. Heavy loads of leaves and debris in the fall pack the elbows and the first few feet of the downspout, which is where clogged downspouts usually start. Where a rain gutter has sagged, the water sits in the low spot and works its way behind the fascia line. Where a downspout has been left to clog for a season, the drainage that should carry water away from the house gets poor enough that the water finds the foundation instead, and that is how small drainage trouble turns into structural damage or fascia rot. Each of those is a blockage that makes the job longer, and each is found during the visit rather than guessed at over the phone. If you text us a photo of the front of the house, we can usually tell you which of these applies before we give you a number.
| 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 book two cleanings a year. Our gutter cleaning service in Arlington VA is planned around a spring visit and a fall visit. Across Virginia, spring visits usually land in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and our fall visits here are booked for late October to November, after the last leaves are down. In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste are what we find packed in the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see runs that have started to sag by the time winter comes. Arlington gets about 47.2 inches of rain a year, with May, July and September the wettest months, so rainwater moves through the gutters hardest then. Snow is light here at 5.8 inches a year, mostly in Jan and Feb, and those are the months we watch for ice at the eave, since a gutter full of standing water can freeze into an ice dam.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roofline, regular gutter cleaning runs about every three to four months, because needles, twig and grit clog the gutters between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough, and the debris removal on that visit is a single pass. A lot next to a busy road or an active construction site falls into the shorter schedule for the same reason. The same tiers apply to residential properties and to residential and commercial jobs alike. Guards cut the frequency, but we still clear the surface and check the flow, so the gutters stay clean longer between visits rather than being skipped.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters rather than a general rule. If the roof is packed on the first visit, we will say so, and we will say what the next visit should look for. Ask us whether to clean your gutters early and we will answer from what we saw, not from a calendar.
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 done Arlington gutter cleaning across the neighborhoods we have served, and we work the surrounding areas from the same schedule. Booking runs simply. You call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we quote from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover over the property. We confirm a date when you call, and we call before we arrive. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts, and we flush every downspout before we leave, so you get the same clean finish each time.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when a homeowner wants the visit done. Booking earlier in those windows gives you more choice of day. Outside them, slots open up more often. A small leak at a seam is easier to catch on a scheduled visit than after it has soaked the fascia, and that is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage this season.
We aim to keep the gutter services we offer consistent from one visit to the next, so the same crew that cleans your gutters in spring is the one that comes back in fall. That is how we keep your gutters in the same condition year to year, and it is how we catch small changes early before they become a bigger repair problem for you.
Our cleaning services in Arlington are quoted from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text, and the estimate on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-off are included.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. In spring we find seeds and pollen in the elbows, and in fall the wet leaf mat and the first ice. Regular gutter maintenance means a visit each season, and waiting past those visits usually means more buildup and more work.
Same-day depends on the calendar. We book every visit on one schedule, so most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We will tell you the earliest day we have when you phone.
No. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside only: our crew does not come inside, works around beds and the landscape, 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, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, we check that it carries water away from your home, and the outlet is left clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and work their way in, so a clean gutter under a guard still needs the visit. Guards are part of the gutter system and cut the work, but cleaning and maintenance still go together. We clear the surface and check the flow, so the visit is shorter but not skipped.
If the gutter is clean and still runs over in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not something blocking the water flow. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it first. The price we quote is the price on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
