The short answer
Often, yes. Many roofers clear gutters as part of a roof clean or repair, because they are already on site with the access in place, and some will do it as a job in its own right. A typical UK range for clearing a property's gutters, front and back, is £75 to £350, ex VAT (Which? cost survey, Nov 2025).
Gutters as part of a roof clean
Cleaning the roof and clearing the gutters belong together. Moss that is killed on the tiles washes down into the guttering over the next few weeks, so a roof treatment that ignores the gutter leaves a pile of debris waiting to block the outlet. Most sensible plans clear the run at the visit, and again once the dead growth has come down.
The roofer is also well placed to do it. Access is already set up, the fascia is within reach, and the person clearing the gutter can see the brackets, joints and downpipes at close quarters. That means faults are spotted when they are cheap to put right: a sagging section, a cracked joint, a loose bracket or an outlet that has begun to corrode.
We photograph the run before and after, so you can see what was in there and what condition the gutter is in. If something needs repairing or replacing, you hear about it with a picture, and the repair is a separate decision for you to make.
Our answer on moss blocking gutters explains why the two jobs are so closely tied.
A clear-out on its own
You do not need a roof clean to have a gutter cleared. A roofer, a gutter specialist or a general builder may take on a clear-out as a stand-alone job, and for a house with trees nearby it is a sensible yearly or twice-yearly visit. Depending on height, the work is done from a ladder, a platform or a vacuum pole with a long reach.
That range is a national figure for the task and sits ex VAT. The cost for your house depends on its size, the height of the eaves, the amount of debris and how the gutters are reached, and the quote after a survey sets the figure for your house.
Ask what the price covers: whether the debris is bagged and removed, whether the downpipes are checked for blockages, and whether the run is flushed with water to test the flow. A cheap price that leaves a pile of mud on your flower bed is not a clear-out.
For houses with solid fascia boards, check whether the gutter can be cleared from the front or whether the roofer needs to work from behind.
What a good clear-out includes
A proper clear-out starts with the downpipe end, so loosened debris is not pushed into the outlet. The material is scooped into a bucket or bag, not flushed down the drain. The run is then rinsed with clean water so the roofer can watch the flow, spot slow outlets and see leaking joints.
Downpipes are checked as well. A blockage low down is invisible from above, and it is one reason a freshly cleared gutter can still overflow. If water backs up, the pipe is rodded or flushed before the job is called finished.
The roofer should also look at the condition of the system. Brackets should be firm, the run should have a consistent fall towards the outlet, and joints should be sealed. Brett Martin gives a fall of 1 mm for every 600 mm of run, so a gutter that has dropped out of line keeps water at its low end.
At the end of the visit, the area beneath the gutter is left tidy, with debris removed and the garden as clean as before. If the gutter is badly worn, a replacement may be better value than regular clearing, and we give a view with photographs.
Questions to ask before you book
When you ring round, a few simple questions sort out the good offers from the poor ones. Is access included, or will there be an extra charge for a tower or scaffold? Is the debris taken away? Will the downpipes be checked? Will you see photographs? And does the quoted price include VAT, which is charged at the standard 20 per cent rate where the firm is VAT-registered?
Citizens Advice advises a minimum of three written quotes from different traders, so you can weigh the offers. For a small job like a gutter clear-out that may feel like a lot of effort, but a written price protects both sides, and it is quick to compare when each quote lists the same work.
Never rest a ladder against the gutter itself: guttering is not built for that load, and plastic can crack. If the gutter is within reach of a stable ladder resting on the wall, a gutter scoop is a reasonable job at ground level for a confident person, but anything higher is best left to a roofer.
The roof cleaning and moss removal page covers how gutters fit into a full clean, and the survey produces a single written total.
