Our own crew provides gutter cleaning services in Great Falls, VA: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the sludge bagged and hauled away, the yard left clean, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote. Most of our homeowners book in the spring and fall, and we have been cleaning gutters on those two visits for years. A clean gutter system moves rainwater away from your home, and that is how you protect your home from water damage.
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 in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote already covers the leaves and debris, and the invoice comes out clean. Residential properties and commercial properties both get that quote from the same three questions, and our services are priced the same way. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the stories and the state of the gutter move the total more than the length does.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof 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 roofline. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out heavy with buildup of grit and leaf mat, and they take longer to get clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. We flush every downspout and flow-test it to confirm it carries water away, and debris removal is included and never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the clog we see most is a packed rain gutter that backs water up over the front edge, with leaves and grit sitting in the trough and the downspout elbow full of sludge. A single clog in the elbow is enough to back up a whole run, and the water flow and drainage at that downspout is the first thing the crew checks. Clogged downspouts cause the same problem from the other end, and water that should leave the foundation sits at the base of the house instead. On one Great Falls house the stories and tree cover were the only thing that moved the quote, and the crew flushed the downspout and left the gutter clean before the price was final. Where the gutter sag is visible from the ground, we photograph it and report it, but repairing it is not something we do, and left alone that sag can turn into structural damage at the fascia. Heavy tree canopy in this area means more leaves and grit, and that is what shows up on the invoice. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text and we will give you an estimate from it.
| 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.
Across Virginia, most visits land in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late October to November, after the last leaves. For Great Falls homes that is the rhythm we plan the calendar around. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste that a rainy spring turns into a plug. Here it gets about 44.7 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so the heavy rainfall of early summer finds every weak spot. Keep the trough clear of any blockage through that stretch. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes the trouble, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time winter ends. Freezing is a real risk here too, and a leak that starts in late fall can freeze into ice before March.
Under heavy tree cover, we are on every three to four months, because the needles, twig and grit pack the downspout between visits. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule beats waiting for the first overflow, and guards mean fewer visits, but the surface still needs clearing. After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and we keep a record of what we found so the next visit starts from a clean gutter. Keeping up with cleaning and maintenance on that schedule keeps a house out of the repair column. If you clean your gutters on time, the fascia board stays dry. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your gutters to book a date.
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.
The crew covers Great Falls gutter cleaning jobs from the nearest base and works the surrounding areas on the same routes, so the gutter services on a route run on the same day where it makes sense. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 and our crew will set the date. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the better your chance of a slot in the window you want. Residential and commercial jobs both go on the same calendar, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the crew leaves the yard clean.
Once the date is set you get a confirmation and the arrival window. The visit is outside work only, so there is nothing to prepare beyond unlocking the side gate and moving cars off the drive if a run faces it. Booking gutter maintenance for the year, not just after an overflow, is how you keep your gutters and downspouts working. Get your gutters on the calendar before the next big rain, and you will have a clean finish on every run and downspout.
Our cleaning services in Great Falls are priced from the stories, the size of the house and the landscape around it, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing those, so tell us the stories and roughly how big the house is when you call. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Across Virginia, the spring visit lands in mid to late May and the fall visit in late October to November. A clean run in May is what keeps the fall visit short. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the leaf mat and the ice can already have damaged the runs by March, and a clog that sat through heavy rainfall can have rotted the fascia. Booking both seasonal visits, two cleanings a year, is the simplest way to keep maintenance on the calendar.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day service depends on the calendar that week, so we will tell you the earliest date we can reach your house.
No, you do not need to be home. Our process works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Every homeowner gets those photos whether or not anyone is in the house. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and flow-test it on every job across Great Falls, and we check that water leaves at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that will not clear, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards keep leaves out of the trough, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard and underneath it, so gutter maintenance still has a place and a clean trough is not automatic. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspout and reseats the guards.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog problem. If the downspout cannot move water away from your home, that is the part we need to see. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
