How Much Does it Cost to Clean out Gutters?

Job Costs

Job	Description	Labour
1	To clean a three-sided semi or the front and back of a terraced house, with good ladder access will take one man an hour.	£40
2	If there’s a conservatory, he will have to tie the ladder and spend time shoving the stuff along with a pole, then hose the glass down.	£70
3	If the conservatory needs to have a scaffolding bridge over it, this alone could cost £450. So with the gutter cleaning as well.	£500

“Labour” at £175 a day (tradesman) £100 (labourer), includes incidental fixings etc. and tipping charges. “Materials” if mentioned, are larger things (a boiler) and stuff only you can choose (tiles etc). Also VAT must be added all round.

Information Sheet on the cost of Gutter Cleaning

Cleaning out guttering is done from ladders, usually about 2 years after it should have been done. It’s amazing what gets up into a gutter: dead birds, tennis balls (these are perfectly sized to block the outlets), twigs, grass, and the finest alluvial soil known to man. Try putting it on your roses.

Your ‘man’ will usually scoop the detritus out with a trowel and dump it into a bucket that is dangling from his ladder. Make sure he does because if he just lets it drop, it will splatter everywhere and it’s truly filthy stuff!