Gutter brightening
The black stripes on your gutters will come off.
The black vertical staining on the face of your gutters gets its own solution and hand scrubbing, and it adds on to any house wash.
Clean, bright gutter faces are the goal. The black striping is oxidation, so it gets its own solution and a brush by hand.
Those stripes are not dirt. They take their own treatment.
Look at your gutters from the street. If you see vertical black streaks down the face of them, that is what the trade calls tiger striping.
A normal house wash cleans the outside of your gutters and makes a real difference. Tiger striping takes a different solution and, more to the point, someone physically scrubbing each length with a brush on a pole.
That's extra labor, so I price it as its own line item. You see exactly what you're paying for.
Worth knowing
- Most people assume streaked gutters have to be replaced. Usually they do not.
- It is separate from gutter cleaning, which is clearing leaves and debris out of the inside.
- It pairs naturally with a house wash, because I'm already set up and working along that line of the house.
- On a two story house it is meaningfully more work than a ranch, so the price moves with the height and the total length.
Questions I get asked
Is this the same as gutter cleaning?
They're two different jobs. Gutter brightening cleans the outside face of the gutter so the black streaks come off. Clearing leaves out of the inside is separate, so mention it when you send photos.
Why is this priced separately from a house wash?
Because it's real additional labor. A house wash cleans the outside of your gutters and improves them. Tiger striping needs a dedicated solution and hand scrubbing with a brush on a pole, one length at a time.
Do I need this?
Look at the gutters from the street. If you see vertical dark streaks down the face, yes. If they just look dusty, a house wash will probably handle it.
Will the stripes come back?
Over time, yes. It builds back up the same way it did the first time, which is why most people do it alongside a house wash.
Ready for a price?
A photo of the gutter line from the street tells me most of what I need.
Most quotes come back the same day. You don't need to be home.