On this housing stock, the clearing visit is also the visit that finds the rot.
Ozark's older core is the oldest housing we work on regularly - blocks around the downtown square built well before modern building practice, under mature oak rather than the longleaf pine that dominates around Dothan.
Oak changes the cleaning job. Leaves are broader, heavier when wet, and they arrive in a concentrated few weeks rather than shedding continuously the way straw does. They also break down into a silt that settles at the bottom of the trough and holds water long after the visible debris is gone. A gutter that looks clear can still be carrying a pound of wet sediment per foot.
On houses of this age the gutter is rarely the fragile part. The fascia behind it is - a solid timber board, often original, that has spent eighty or a hundred years in a climate with 56 inches of annual rain and no winter dry spell to speak of.
So on the older streets here, clearing is also the annual look at the board. We press the fascia behind the hangers, and if the screw turns without biting we tell you, with a photograph, whether or not you asked. It is not an upsell - a soft board is a carpentry job and we would refer it out. It is simply the thing most likely to cost you real money, and the ladder is already up.
Twice a year covers most of these houses: once after the oak drop finishes in late autumn, once in spring. Under mixed pine the Dothan interval applies instead.
The genuinely useful DIY job here is not the gutter, it is the downspout base. Oak silt settles and sets at the elbow, and running a hose into the top of the downspout for thirty seconds twice a year tells you whether it clears. If it backs up, call. Ozark runs on a set route day each week.
Yes. Straw mats and plugs the outlet from above. Oak arrives all at once, then breaks down into a silt that settles in the bottom of the trough and holds water. The trough can look clear and still be carrying wet sediment that keeps the fascia damp.
Because on housing of this age it is the expensive failure and the gutter is not. Original timber that has taken eighty humid summers is what gives way. We check it while we are up there and photograph what we find, whether or not it turns into work for us.
Single-story $100-$175, two-story $150-$225, larger or steep-access $225-$300 and up. Confirmed before we start, and we run Ozark on a set route day each week.
Tell us a bit about your home and we'll follow up with a straightforward price - usually the same day.
Prefer to talk? Call (334) 845-8127.
If the house is near the square and has original fascia, say so - we bring a moisture meter for those.
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