Gutter Cleaning in Alexandria, VA

Clearly Amazing cleans gutters across the City of Alexandria from our Northern Virginia office in Sterling. Each run is cleared by hand and the downspouts are flushed. Whatever comes out of your gutters is bagged, and we dispose of it.

Call (703) 723-7770 for a free on-site estimate.

The trees above your roofline

The city counts approximately 20,000 street trees, with many thousands more in its parks and on the grounds of public facilities. Citywide tree canopy grew from 26.6 percent in 2014 to 32.5 percent in 2018. Those are citywide numbers; how much tree hangs over your own roof is something to look at on site.

Alexandria’s Bicentennial Tree is a willow oak near the Holmes Run bike path, across from the Beatley Library, and the city dates it to around 1707, with a height of 116 feet and a trunk 17 feet 4 inches around.

Any tree that reaches over a roof sends leaves, seeds, flowers and twigs into the gutter below it over the course of a year. The fine material settles at the bottom of the trough, where it holds water and weight even when the top of the run looks clear from the yard.

Gutters in the Old and Historic Alexandria District

Within the Old and Historic Alexandria District, Alexandria’s administrative policy lists roof drainage elements such as snow guards, gutters and downspouts among the items that do not require Board of Architectural Review approval, and ordinary maintenance projects are on the same list. The policy does not mention cleaning by name, and it recommends checking with BAR staff for a written determination before any work starts.

What the job involves

Areas we cover in Alexandria

Our Alexandria service area includes Seminary Hill, whose association describes 5,000 members living in 2,000 homes, as well as Old Town, Del Ray, Parker-Gray and every other part of the city. We cover the wider Northern Virginia region from our office in Sterling.

When to schedule in Alexandria

At Reagan National Airport, every month brings rain in NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, and February, the driest, still averages 2.62 inches. A gutter is working all year.

Late fall, once the leaves are down, is the natural time for a cleaning, because the system then goes into winter clear. A spring visit is a good second stop if seeds and flowers from the trees above tend to collect in your run. Any other time is fine as well, especially after you notice water spilling over the edge during a storm. Treat it as regular upkeep and it stops being an emergency.

Questions Alexandria customers ask