Our own crew cleans gutters in Radford VA, flushes every downspout, flow-tests the run and hauls away what it pulls out, so the trough is left clean. You get photos of every run before we leave.
The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most homeowners here book a clean each spring and fall, and we keep a slot open for both. Our gutter cleaning services reach homes around here and in the surrounding areas, so ask us about your street when you call.
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 from those three things over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. We handle residential and commercial work. Residential properties and commercial properties are quoted on the same three factors.
Some companies price regular gutter cleaning by the linear foot. That gets to a similar place, but a quote per foot does not account for a steep pitch or a second story, so we quote the whole house.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years where the clog is packed hard, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clean underneath. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Around here, the heaviest buildup we see is in the back runs of older houses that have not been opened in several seasons, where the gutter is full of packed-down leaves and the water flow stops at the first elbow. Getting a clean run there is slower, and we say so on the phone. The landscape around the house sets how fast it fills again, and a clogged run that sits for years can hide a leak or structural damage behind it. Every house gets the same clean and check: each downspout run to the outlet, and a note on any sag or drainage problem we find, with photos sent to you before we leave.
Radford homes come in every shape, so if you have one and want a number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. Most jobs are booked in spring and fall, so if you want to clean your gutters before the next rain, call early. We will tell you what the quote covers and what would change 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.
Most of our customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves. Across Virginia, the spring visit falls in mid to late May, and our Radford fall visits run late October into November.
In spring the trouble is seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is leaves and debris, the wet mat they turn into before the wettest months, and a blockage at the first elbow can stop the whole run. Radford gets heavy rainfall in May, June and July, and freeze risk runs through winter, with about 42 inches of precipitation and 21.7 inches of snow a year, mostly from December through March. Trapped water that freezes at the eave becomes an ice dam, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we open runs in March that have sagged or pulled loose under that weight. Water that sits in the trough long enough can rot the fascia behind it. Catching a clog in fall keeps the rainwater moving before the ice arrives, which is how you protect your home from water damage.
Here are our tiers, as we see them on the ground around here and in surrounding areas. Twice a year cleanings cover most houses. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see the gutter fill every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the gutters and downspouts between visits. The landscape is what decides it: on those houses we flush every downspout at each visit and leave a clean run behind. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. If you have gutter guards, the visit is less often, but the surface still needs a clean. Think of it as gutter maintenance, and our gutter services run on the same tier logic.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and why. The point is to keep your gutters running clear between visits. A clean trough is only half the job, since the whole gutter system has to flow too. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first date or get an estimate, or text a photo of the roofline and we will suggest a schedule based on what is on your house.
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 covers Radford VA from the nearest base we run, and we book by the day. Radford gutter cleaning is quoted from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps homeowners get an accurate number if it is easy to send.
Booking is simple, and the gutter cleaning process runs the same way every time. You call or text, we confirm the window and call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the cleanings, and the homeowner gets photos afterward. Across Virginia the busy windows are late May and late October, and most slots fill in those, so call early if you want to get your gutters done before the rain. The bags are staged away from your home until the truck comes.
When you get your gutters cleaned by our crew, the same person who quoted the job is usually the one on the ladder. A twig can lodge in a downspout elbow and stop a whole run even when the trough looks clean, so the crew checks the outlet on every run. Cleaning and maintenance visits go to the same house on the same schedule, which keeps the notes on your house in one place from one visit to the next. That matters when we are tracking how fast the clog returns under your trees.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text before a crew heads up a ladder.
Mid to late May and late October into November are the two windows we book most, and waiting past the leaf drop is where we find the wet mat and, in cold months, ice at the eave.
Our cleaning services in Radford reach homes across Radford, and booking is by phone or text. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact day when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested to the outlet, which confirms the gutter system carries water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before any work starts on it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need a visit. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and once that mat builds on top, the water stops getting in. The visit is less often, but the surface still needs a clean.
Yes. Standing water in the trough soaks the wood behind it, and wood that stays wet long enough will rot, usually out of sight until the damage is done.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a clogging one. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for it.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
