Our own crew cleans gutters in El Mirage, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, trash hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Arizona, most of our customers book for the late spring and late fall visits, when the seed and pollen drop and the leaves are down.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the math, but a per-foot figure hides the things that actually change the job on a house.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and a gutter system with guards we have to lift and reseat adds time. Every downspout gets a flush, the flow is tested, and debris removal is included and never billed as an extra. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew provides gutter cleaning services across the El Mirage homes we visit, and what we find most often is a clog at the elbow, a run that has started to sag under the weight of wet leaves, and buildup that has kept the water flow from reaching the downspout. On residential properties the job is quick once the crew is on the ladder, and a clean finish is checked before we leave. The same approach applies to residential and commercial work, though commercial properties are priced per building on a schedule. Most of the time the fix is regular gutter cleaning, not a repair, and a clean run keeps the drainage working so water stays away from the foundation. If you want a number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will clean your gutters at the price we quoted.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our El Mirage customers book twice a year, in spring and fall: once after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves are down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skip that visit the first cold nights bring ice at the eave and runs that have pulled loose by the time the weather warms up. A clean start in spring makes the fall visit quicker.
Under heavy tree cover we put customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because the rainwater has nowhere to go once the downspouts fill with needles and grit between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep your gutters clean and the roofline clear. Across Arizona, a single monsoon cell can put down heavy rainfall in about an hour, and a gutter that is already full has no room left for it. Gutters with guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing, since a wet mat of leaves and grit on top of the guard will shed water over the front edge and into the landscape below.
Clogged downspouts are where this usually starts. A clog that is left alone, or a small leak at a seam, turns into the blockage that lets water rot the fascia and causes structural damage at the foundation, and a regular schedule helps protect your home from water damage. Our regular cleanings include a check of the gutters and downspouts, so a twig or a loose hanger gets caught early. Once the first visit leaves a clean baseline, we tell you which schedule your lot needs, and we keep the record so the next visit is booked on the same plan. Gutter maintenance is the easy way to keep water away from your home. If you want an estimate on a specific gutter or downspout, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we will tell you what we see.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
For El Mirage gutter cleaning, our crew works from the nearest base and covers the whole city and the surrounding areas, so you do not need to be in a particular part of town for us to come out. El Mirage homeowners book the same way every time: a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof. Here is how the gutter cleaning process goes: we confirm the slot, we arrive, we clean out the run by hand, and we send photos. Every homeowner asks how long it takes, and the answer depends on the roof. If it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house, because it lets us see the roofline before we arrive, including any twig caught under the gutter guards. Lead time is set by the calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call.
Our calendar fills in the busy weeks of spring and late fall, when most homeowners are cleaning gutters at the same time, so booking early in those windows gets you a better slot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want to get your gutters on a regular schedule, we set the dates for the year when you book, and the next visit is confirmed before the truck leaves. Every visit covers cleaning and maintenance in one trip and leaves the gutters clean, and we run the same gutter services on the first visit and the fifth.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with a steep roof and one with a flat roof can take very different amounts of time to clean.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall, and waiting until the pollen or the leaves are fully down usually means a bigger job. Across Arizona the rhythm is the same: the seed drop comes first, then the leaves, and a rain gutter full of both is the one that overflows.
Lead time depends on the calendar that week in El Mirage AZ, so we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the quiet months.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, checks the gutters and downspouts, and sends photos of the clean runs to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch until the water runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Under guards we find needles threaded through, seed casings, and leaves and debris settled underneath, and once that gets wet the water runs over the front edge. Guards cut the work down, but they do not remove the need for a clean gutter.
A clean gutter that still spills water in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The price we quote is the price on the invoice, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
