Cleared by hand. Flushed and checked.
Houston gets a year of rain in a handful of afternoons. Gutter cleaning is the cheapest thing you can do to make sure that water ends up somewhere other than your foundation.
See what was sitting above the roofline.
Actual before and after photographs from a BPW gutter-cleaning visit.
It's not the leaves. It's what the leaves become.
Live oak doesn't drop once in the fall like a maple. It sheds leaves, catkins, and acorns across most of the year, and Houston humidity turns all of it into a dense wet mat that sits in the trough.
That mat holds water against the fascia, feeds mosquitoes, and adds real weight to a run of gutter that was designed to be mostly empty. When it finally rains hard, the water doesn't go through the gutter — it goes over the front edge, straight down against the foundation and the beds.
The dark vertical streaks under a gutter seam are the visible version of this. So are the trenches worn into the mulch below.
- —Water sheeting over the front edge during any real rain
- —Dark streaking down the fascia and siding below
- —Plants growing out of the gutter line
- —Downspouts that trickle instead of run
- —Standing water visible from an upstairs window
Standing water in a trough that should have been empty
Cleared by hand into a bag, flushed end to end, and checked for flow at the downspout before the ladder came down.
Get this quotedA clean gutter, and proof it drains
Clearing the trough is half of it. Whether the water actually leaves is the other half, and it's the part that usually gets skipped.
- 01 Debris removed by hand and bagged. Not blown into the beds, the pool, or the neighbor's yard.
- 02 Every run flushed with water. The only way to know a gutter drains is to watch it drain.
- 03 Downspouts checked and cleared. A clean gutter feeding a blocked downspout is still a blocked gutter.
- 04 Roofline and valleys cleared of the debris that's about to become next month's problem.
- 05 Photos from the ladder — before and after, so you can see what was actually up there.
- 06 Anything we notice, we tell you. Loose hangers, separated seams, rot in the fascia. No upsell, just a heads-up.
Ladder work is the part homeowners shouldn't do
Most of the gutter calls we get come after someone has already tried it themselves once and decided not to again.
Two-story Houston homes with steep roof pitch, soft ground under the ladder feet, and a gutter full of wet debris are a genuinely bad combination — and it's the reason this service exists as a service.
- —Ladders set on stable ground with proper standoff, so nothing rests on the gutter itself
- —Two and three-story homes handled as routine
- —Beds and walkways below the work area kept clear
- —Work areas kept orderly from setup through cleanup
When Houston homes actually need it
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Late spring
After the live oaks finish shedding catkins and leaves — the single heaviest load of the year.
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Before hurricane season
The one clearing that matters most. Gutters full in June are gutters overflowing in August.
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Late fall
After the remaining leaf drop, ahead of the winter rains.
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On a schedule
Most homes under heavy tree cover land on twice a year. We'll tell you which you are after the first visit.
While we're at the roofline
Gutter cleaning is a ladder and a pole job — the same setup as two of our other services.
Window Cleaning
We're already at the second story with the pole. Adding glass costs very little extra time.
Related causeHouse Washing
Those dark streaks under the gutter seams are on the siding, and they don't rinse off.
DownstreamConcrete Cleaning
Wherever the overflow has been landing usually needs cleaning too.
Where we clear gutters
Older Bellaire and West U streets have the heaviest oak canopy in our service area — and the fullest gutters.
If your house sits under mature oaks, plan on twice a year regardless of what the front of the house looks like.
Gutter cleaning questions
How often should gutters be cleaned in Houston?
Do you blow the debris out or remove it?
Do you check the downspouts?
Can you clean gutters with gutter guards installed?
Will you tell me if something is wrong up there?
Do I need to be home?
Want the windows handled every quarter?
Four scheduled window-cleaning visits each year, with reminders before each visit and payment after each completed service.
Get them cleared before the next real rain.
Send the address and how many stories. That's usually enough to price it.
Prefer to talk? Call or text 832-430-2122