Gutter Cleaning in Raleigh, NC

The gutters are full again and it does not feel like that long since the last time. It probably was not. Raleigh sits under a heavy canopy of pines and oaks, and pine needles behave completely differently from leaves. Leaves are big, they dry out, and a blower moves them. Needles are small, they interlock, and they pack down with rain into a dense wet mat that sits in the bottom of the gutter like felt.

How Often, and What Happens If You Skip It

Under pines, twice a year is the realistic interval: once after the spring needle drop and pollen, and once after the fall leaves come down. On a house with little tree cover, once a year is usually enough. After a significant wind event it is worth a look regardless of the calendar, since a storm can fill a run in an afternoon.

What skipping it costs you is not the gutter. A blocked gutter overflows, and that water runs down the back of the gutter and onto the fascia board continuously, which is precisely how fascia rots in this climate. From there the hangers lose their grip, the gutter sags, and the overflow gets worse. Meanwhile the water is landing at your foundation instead of being carried away, and a damp crawl space on one side of a house very often traces directly back to one blocked downspout above it.

What We Do, and Why Not To Do It Yourself

We clear the runs by hand rather than relying on a blower, because a wet needle mat has to be lifted out, then flush every downspout to confirm it actually drains rather than assuming it does. A gutter can be spotless and still be useless if the outlet below it is plugged. While we are up there we check hanger condition, pitch, and the fascia behind the gutter, and we tell you what we found.

On doing it yourself, we are not going to pretend this is complicated work, because it is not. Here is the honest reason to call someone. Most Raleigh homeowners who get seriously hurt working on their own house get hurt on a ladder, and gutter cleaning is the single most common reason to be on one. A two story back corner, on a slope, with the ladder footed in soft mulch, holding a bucket, is not where you want to discover your ladder technique has a gap in it. The cost of a cleaning is small against that.

Gutter Cleaning Cost in Raleigh

Cleaning is priced as a flat call based on the size of the house, the number of stories, and how heavy the tree cover is. It is one of the least expensive things on this website.

If you want it on a schedule rather than remembering it, tell us and we will get you on a twice-yearly rotation. If we find damage while we are up there we photograph it and give you a written price, and we never do extra work without asking first.

Why Choose Us

We would rather clean your gutters twice a year than replace your fascia in four.

We are fully insured with general liability and workers' compensation, and we hand you proof of it along with your estimate. Bryan owns this company and has spent 14 years in the trades, so the read you get comes from someone who has done this work himself. Estimates are free and we can usually be out within one to three days. Your price is written down before anything starts, your workmanship warranty runs 2 to 12 years depending on the project, in writing, and financing is available.

Full Again Already?

Call (984) 370-4330 and we will clear them by hand and flush every downspout.