Our crew cleans gutters in Huntington WV, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, 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 hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs most customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we see the most clogged runs on the houses we visit.
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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we quote the whole house so you know the total before we arrive.
On our jobs, several things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted material that takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the job. Flushing the gutters and downspouts, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
We see the same pattern across Huntington homes. A house with clogged downspouts usually has a sag or a buildup at the far end of the same run, and that is where the water flow backs up and finds the gap. On one of our recent jobs, the back run had a sag and a clog that had been pushing water behind the fascia for a season. We cleared the run, flushed the downspout and photographed the sag so the owner knew what to watch. Those are the kinds of findings that set the time on a job, and we price for what we actually find.
Plenty of residential and commercial properties in the area have the same problem: the gutters look fine from the ground but are full at the joints, and that is where a leak starts. Where a blockage stops the drainage, the rainwater has nowhere to go and it runs over the front edge or sits and leads to rot in the wood. Leaves left too long cause structural damage that costs far more to fix than the cleaning does. Keeping the runs clean sends the water away from your home and the foundation.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate the same day.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $185 | from $240 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $165 | from $215 | from $280 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $190 | from $250 | from $325 |
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, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves have come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses in a freeze area the first ice and the ice dams at the eave are what we see on the calls that come in later. A run that skipped the fall visit is the one that sags or pulls loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover along the roofline, we clean every three to four months, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack each downspout between visits and the clog builds faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. Houses with few or no trees over the roof do well with one clean a year, in late fall. Runs with gutter guards still need the surface cleared, and the cleaning and maintenance on those runs gets scheduled between the two.
Our gutter cleaning services start with the same check of the runs and each downspout, and that tells us how often the lot needs it. A gutter under a busy road, a construction site or a wooded landscape fills faster than one in a quiet yard, so the calendar shifts. After the first visit we tell you which gutter maintenance tier your lot actually needs, and we put the next date on your calendar so the clog does not catch you by surprise.
If you want regular gutter cleaning on a schedule that fits your house, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for a date. We will confirm the timing and the price in writing before we come out.
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 provides cleaning services in Huntington from the nearest base, and we cover the city as a whole and the surrounding areas. Booking your Huntington gutter cleaning is simple: you call or text, we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and if it is easy we ask for a photo of the house front so we know what we are walking into. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. The two busy windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so if you want a slot in those months it is worth calling early.
Once the quote is confirmed, the gutter cleaning process is simple: we book the date with you and send the crew out on it. The visit is handled from outside the house, and the photos of every run and downspout arrive on your phone before the truck leaves. For a homeowner who wants to protect your home from water damage, that is the simplest way to clean your gutters without having to climb a ladder yourself.
Our gutter services are built around that schedule, and the crew comes back to the same houses on the same calendar so the history is already on file when we arrive. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the books and keep your gutters clean through the wet months.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much material is packed in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall, ahead of the heavy rainfall that comes with the wettest months, May, June and July. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find sags and ice damage by March on the runs that were left full.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the calendar has an opening that day.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, which sit on top and turn to paste. On our jobs we clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
