Gutter Cleaning in Arlington, TX From the Chimney Crew Already on Your Roof
It usually comes up on the roof. We are on a 1970s ranch house in Dalworthington Gardens for a chimney sweep, and the gutter on the uphill side of the chimney is full to the brim with post oak leaves and shingle grit. Every rain for the past year has overflowed straight onto the flashing. The homeowner called about a water stain on the ceiling next to the fireplace. The chimney did not fail. The gutter did.
Crownline Chimney Sweep provides gutter cleaning in Arlington, TX as an add-on to a chimney sweep, inspection or dryer vent cleaning, quoted in writing before we start. We clear the gutters by hand, flush every downspout, bag the debris and take it away, and check your chimney flashing and cap while we are up there. Our crew has spent more than 20 years on Arlington roofs, and we are insured and bonded.
This page covers what the gutter cleaning service includes, why clogged gutters hurt chimneys, the warning signs, the best months to clean gutters in Arlington, what moves the price, and how it fits into your chimney visit. We offer gutter cleaning as part of a chimney visit: Crownline’s professional gutter cleaning services cover homes across Arlington TX and the surrounding areas near Arlington on the Fort Worth side of DFW, and a professional cleaning once or twice a year is the simplest way of keeping your home safe from water.
What Gutter Cleaning Includes
A gutter service that leaves the downspouts packed is not a cleaning. Here is what Crownline does on every gutter job in Arlington.
- Clear the gutters by hand. Leaves, twigs, pecan hulls, shingle grit and the mud layer underneath, scooped out, bagged and hauled away. We do not blow it onto your lawn.
- Flush the downspouts. Water from the top, checked for flow at the bottom. A downspout that trickles gets cleared at the elbow or snaked.
- Inspect pitch, hangers and seams. Standing water in a cleared gutter means the pitch is off, a hanger has pulled or a section has started to sag. We photograph it and tell you.
- Look at the chimney. Flashing, crown and cap, since we are on the roof. Any problem gets a photo and a written price on the same visit.
- Clean up. Debris hauled away, walkway, sidewalk and patio rinsed, ladder marks wiped off the gutter face.
You get a photo of the cleared gutters and of anything we flagged, and the gutter line item sits on the same invoice as the chimney work.
Why Clogged Gutters Hurt Arlington Chimneys
A chimney is the one thing on a roof that rainwater has to flow around. When a gutter on the uphill side of the chimney clogs, rain overflows the gutter and runs down the roof against the chimney’s base instead of leaving through the downspout. It is the most common of the gutter issues we find as a chimney company, and it is weather-related: every round of severe weather in Tarrant County makes it worse. Three things follow.
The flashing takes the first hit. Flashing is the metal that seals the joint between the chimney and the roof, and standing water rusts it, lifts the sealant and pulls it away from the brick. That is the leak that shows up as a ceiling stain next to the fireplace, and the fix is a chimney flashing and leak repair in Arlington.
The brick soaks next. Wet brick on a 1950s to 1980s Arlington chimney spalls when it freezes in January, and the mortar joints wash out. A chimney that has been soaked by an overflowing gutter for a few years ends up needing tuckpointing and chimney waterproofing that a clean gutter would have prevented, and that kind of slow damage is not storm damage, so insurance rarely pays for it.
The fascia, soffit and siding behind the gutter rot, which is a carpentry bill, and on the factory-built fireplaces across Southwest Arlington the wood chase next to the gutter rots with it.
The EPA’s guide to mold, moisture and your home puts gutter cleaning on its short list of ways to keep water out of a house, and the reason is the same: water that does not leave the roof the way it should ends up inside the walls as water damage. A well-maintained, debris-free gutter system is the cheapest way to protect your home and your chimney from water, and it is why we inspect the gutters on every roof we climb.
Warning Signs Your Gutters Need Cleaning
The signs of damage from a clogged gutter are easy to spot from the ground:
- Rainwater pouring over the front edge of the gutter during a storm
- Plants or seedlings growing in the gutter
- A section that sags or pulls away from the fascia
- Streaks or stains on the siding below the gutter
- Water pooling at the foundation or against the slab, a sign of drainage issues
- A ceiling stain near the chimney after rain, the sign that water is backing up against the flashing
Any one of these is a reason to add the gutters to your next chimney visit. If you want to do DIY gutter cleaning on a one-story home first, do it; the warning signs above tell you whether it worked.
The Best Months to Clean Gutters in Arlington
Arlington’s trees make this a two-season job. Post oaks, cedar elms, pecans and red oaks drop through November and December, so a December or January cleaning clears the fall load before the winter rains. Live oaks, which fill the older neighborhoods near UTA, Old Arlington and Dalworthington Gardens, hold their leaves all winter and drop them in March and April, right before the May storm season that fills gutters with hail-loosened shingle grit. An April cleaning catches both.
If you only clean once a year, do it in the fall with your chimney sweep. The first cold front usually reaches Arlington in late October, and a chimney sweep, a dryer vent cleaning and a gutter cleaning in the same visit gets the house ready for winter in one morning.
What Moves the Price of Gutter Cleaning
Crownline does not publish a flat gutter price, because the job depends on the house. We quote it in writing with the chimney visit, before any work starts. The things that set the number:
| Factor | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Feet of gutter | A ranch house with 120 feet is a smaller job than a two-story with 250 |
| Stories | Two-story homes need taller ladders, more time and more care |
| How full | Gutters cleaned yearly take minutes; gutters with a mud layer and seedlings take longer |
| Gutter guards | Guards that lift are cleaned under; guards that are screwed down are checked from above |
| Downspouts | Packed downspouts and buried drain lines take extra flushing |
| Booked with chimney work | Quoted as an add-on, because the crew and ladders are already there; the most cost-effective way to keep your gutters clear |
Seniors, veterans and first responders get 10% off, and we match written quotes from an insured company for the same work. One discount per job.
Gutter Cleaning on Arlington Homes: What We See
In Dalworthington Gardens and Pantego, the large lots and mature trees mean the heaviest gutter loads in the city, often with pecan hulls that pack the downspouts solid. In Old Arlington and near UTA, 1950s and 60s homes have the original half-round or small K-style gutters that overflow with half the debris a modern gutter holds. In Southwest Arlington and Viridian, two-story homes with steep roofs put the gutters 20 feet up, which is exactly where homeowners should not be on a ladder, and where our crew is already working on the chimney chase and the attic dryer vent. In East Arlington near the stadiums, the older rentals often have gutters that have not been touched in years, and a landlord booking a chimney inspection can add the gutters once we send the photo.
Straight Talk About Your Gutters
Our gutter service is cleaning, flushing and reseating the hangers we can reach, done in the same visit as your chimney work. Unlike gutter contractors, we have nothing to sell you after the cleaning, so you get a straight answer: if your gutters are sagging, separated at the seams, pulling off the fascia or rusted through, we photograph it and tell you plainly so you can plan gutter installation or gutter guards with a clear picture. We would rather tell you the truth than sell you a cleaning on a gutter that needs replacing.
Why Arlington Homeowners Add Gutters to Their Chimney Visit
Because the crew is already on the roof. A gutter-only company sends a truck and a ladder for one job. Crownline is already up there for your chimney sweep and cleaning or dryer vent, with the harness, the ladders and the time to do it right, so the gutters get done in the same trip and the chimney gets looked at by someone who knows what rusted flashing looks like. Crownline Chimney Sweep is based at 700 Highlander Blvd near the Parks Mall and I-20, with a crew that has worked on Arlington homes for more than 20 years. We are insured and bonded, the price is in writing before we start, you get a fast response when a storm fills the gutters before the first cold front, and you get photos of the cleared gutters and anything we found. The workmanship is the same on the gutters as on the chimney, and you can check it on the invoice. That is part of why we call ourselves the best chimney company in Arlington. We clean gutters in every Arlington ZIP code, 76001 to 76018, including 76006, 76010, 76012, 76013, 76016, 76017 and 76018, from Lake Arlington and North Arlington to East Arlington near AT&T Stadium and South Arlington, plus Pantego and Dalworthington Gardens. Everything we do starts with a chimney sweep in Arlington, TX at $109 for the first visit, and the gutters fit in the same morning.
The frequently asked questions below cover price, the best month, two-story homes and what happens to the debris. Contact us today at (817) 505-4222, open every day 7 AM to 10 PM, and ask for the gutter add-on when you book, or use the estimate form below.