Our own crew cleans gutters in Short Pump, VA, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave so you can see it clean. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Short Pump homeowners book us in spring and fall to keep a clean trough over the house, and we have been running gutter services across Virginia with the same crew on the ladder. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote before the next storm.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, with a clean invoice to match. Some companies price a gutter cleaning service by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house, cleaning and maintenance included.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck that takes longer to clear. A homeowner who books two cleanings a year keeps the gutters clean enough to flush without a fight. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to any gutter maintenance visit. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Short Pump jobs, the crew sees the same pattern again and again: a homeowner calls about a leak or a sagging run, we get up there, and most of what we find is a clog and buildup that has been forming for a season. A steep roof or a run that needs a lift is what moves the quote, and we say so before we start. Our crew clears the gutters and downspouts, flushes every downspout and photographs the result, so you can see what was there and how clean the runs are now. Ask about the gutter cleaning process on the phone and we will walk you through it, or text a photo of the front of the house so we can tell you what to expect before anyone climbs and get your gutters on the schedule.
| 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 short pump VA customers book our gutter cleaning services twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down, so the trough is clean before winter. When we open a gutter in spring we find seeds, seed casings, a stray twig and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is leaves and debris, and the wet mat sits in the trough until heavy rainfall pushes it over the edge. Short Pump gets 47.9 inches of precipitation a year, and May, July and August are the wettest months.
Under heavy tree cover on a wooded landscape we see the gutter system fill faster, so those houses are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. Houses with few or no trees do fine on one visit a year in late fall, as long as the rain gutter still drains. Guards cut down how often the trough needs emptying, but the surface still has to be kept clean, so we keep your gutters on the schedule that fits the trees, not the guard, and we flush every downspout on each visit.
Across Virginia, the freeze is what turns a skipped fall visit into a repair, so clean your gutters before the first hard freeze. Water trapped behind a blockage freezes at the eave, and the ice dams lift the shingles and push the run off the fascia. We have seen runs sag or pull loose by March on houses that skipped the fall visit, and that is the difference between a cleaning and structural damage. Clogged downspouts with poor drainage through the winter can also rot the wood they are fastened to. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we book the next visit so the gutters keep water away from your home and help protect your home from water damage.
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 run our cleaning services in Short Pump from the nearest base and cover the surrounding areas across short pump, so you are not waiting on a long drive to get a slot. The quote comes by phone or text, built from stories, square footage and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the week and we confirm the date when you call, so you know exactly when we will be on the ladder and when the gutters will be clean. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. Call (866) 435-6328 to lock in a date.
Two windows fill our calendar every year: late spring after the seed drop, and late October through November after the leaves come down. If you want a slot in either window, book early and keep the gutters clean through both seasons. For a full gutter cleaning service that covers debris removal, the schedule is the same for residential properties and commercial properties on the same route, and we keep regular gutter cleaning dates for both. On every visit we flush every downspout, check for any clog in the run, and confirm rainwater gets a clear water flow to the outlet. Ask for a written estimate and we will send it the same day we quote.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote from a fixed sheet, so give us the stories and the square footage and we will tell you the price.
Across Virginia, spring visits run mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop. Fall visits run late October to November, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the fall visit, we find ice-damaged runs by the time winter ends.
Same-day slots depend on the week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call, so you know when the crew is coming before the day arrives.
No. 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 flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, guarded gutters still collect a surface mat of pollen, grit and needles that can run over the front edge in rain. We clear the surface under the guards and flush each downspout, so the guards keep working.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. 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 a slope problem.
Not without you hearing about it first. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it, and the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
