Our own crew cleans gutters in Richmond, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, all of it hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have been booked on Richmond homes every spring and fall, the two windows when most of our customers 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 stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote it 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, but the per-foot figure hides what matters on a real roof, so we price the house.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk changes the crew's setup and the time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down packed solid with old leaf mat, and that takes longer than a run cleared every season. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time both ways. 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. A single-story house with clean runs is the quick job; anything else costs more time on the ladder.
Gutter clog is what we find most often when a customer calls us out. Under the sag in a run, the drainage is already failing, and the buildup behind it is what sends water over the edge. The crew clears the buildup, flushes the line and watches the water flow to the outlet before moving on. Richmond homes on a regular gutter cleaning schedule rarely reach that point, which is the cheapest way we know to keep the bill down over time. Clean your gutters on that schedule and the sag never gets a foothold. Residential properties and commercial properties get the same method, only scheduled differently.
Older homes and newer ones get the same job, and the steps do not change: clear the roof valleys first, clear the runs, flush every downspout, check the water flow, and photograph the result. The goal on each is a clean run that drains at the outlet. Where a house sits under heavy tree cover, seed casings can pack the downspouts and the quote goes up, because the crew needs more time at the outlets. We say so on the phone before the first ladder goes up. Our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way on every house, and the full list is on our services page.
| 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 visits a year. Across Virginia the spring visit falls in mid to late May, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the weather turns. Freeze risk is real here, so the fall visit is the one to keep, because trapped water turns to ice at the eave. Storm season across Virginia brings hurricanes and tropical remnants, so clear leaves and twigs off the roof before it hits.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A landscape with mature trees sheds more of all three, and so does a house near a busy road or active construction. Houses with few or no trees only need clean gutters once a year, in late fall, and that is usually enough to keep the runs clear. Leaf mat that stays wet in the trough is where a leak starts at the seams. Guards cut the frequency further, but the surface still has to be kept clean, because a wet mat on top of the guard sheds rainwater over the edge.
Our crew has cleaned gutters and downspouts across Richmond va for years, and the lesson is the same as any roof: the first visit tells you the most. Protect your home from water damage by booking before the rainy months, not after the overflow starts. A blockage left until spring can soak the fascia, rot the board behind it, and let structural damage reach the rafters, so the cheaper call is the early one. A clean gutter carries water away from the foundation, and that is the whole job. Surrounding areas that share the same tree cover see the same clog pattern, so the schedule we set here carries over. Our gutter services start with a short estimate, and we tell you which schedule your lot needs. Keep your gutters clear, and we will keep the schedule honest.
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.
We clean from one crew base, so the same team that quotes your house is the team on the ladder. Booking starts with the quote: call (866) 435-6328 or text, and tell us stories, size, tree cover, whether you have gutter guards, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, fill the calendar first. Richmond homeowners who book early for those months get the slot they want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. For a homeowner who wants a quick check, the first visit is also the easiest way to see what the gutter system looks like from the ground and the roofline. A good visit ends with the water moving away from your home, not pooling at the foundation. Get your gutters on a schedule that fits the tree cover, and let us handle the rest of the gutter cleaning process from quote to photo. A clean run with the outlet flowing is the finish line, and the photos show it.
Heavy rainfall is when a clogged gutter shows its problems first. June, August and September are the wettest months here, at about 47 inches of rain a year, so a slot before that stretch is the one most customers want. Richmond gutter cleaning is what we do all year, and the crew keeps the same method through every visit. Gutter maintenance between cleanings is mostly a matter of checking the outlets, and if a run needs more than a clean we photograph it and tell you. Cleaning and maintenance go together on a house like this, and the calendar we keep reflects it.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text before anyone climbs a ladder.
Across Virginia the spring visit falls in mid to late May, and the fall visit runs from November to early December. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the runs that sag by March are the ones we see most.
Most slots come up within the week. Call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the earliest date while you are on the line.
No. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and the outlet is checked for flow, so clogged downspouts are found before they overflow, and a clean outlet is the target. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards hold back leaves and debris, but needles and seed casings sit on top and mat when wet, and a landscape with big trees sends a lot of both, so the surface still needs a clean.
A clean rain gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Water left sitting at the fascia can rot the board over time, so send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number we quote is the number we charge. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
