
Our own crew cleans gutters in Mesa, flushes every run and flow-tests it, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book the spring and fall visits.
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, house size and what is sitting in the gutters. Most gutter maintenance quotes for a homeowner come down to those three things, and we work the number from them over the phone or by text. Anyone comparing cleaning services in Mesa should ask what the price covers, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the work is done, though we quote the whole house so you know the total before anyone climbs a ladder.
Four things move the quote on our jobs. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes the crew and the equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot that sends runoff away from your home raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris that takes longer to clean, and a joint that has started to leak usually shows up in the photos. Gutter guards that we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Cleaning and maintenance checks, flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Where the runs are heavily shaded, the lower outlets pack with compacted material, and the crew flushes each outlet until the water runs clear at the bottom. Most of what we find is leaves, grit and the odd twig, and most of it comes out in one visit when you get your gutters cleaned on a regular cycle. Regular cleanings keep it from packing down into the outlets. If you want a number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from what we see, which starts the gutter cleaning process.
| 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.
Across Arizona, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. For Mesa, the fall visit runs December to early January, after the last leaves come down, and most of our customers book those two windows. When we open a gutter here after the spring seed drop, we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of the run. Clogged downspouts are the usual reason a run backs up, and a clog at the elbow is where it usually starts. In the fall it is leaves and debris, and on the houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by the time the winter rains arrive.
The schedule shifts with what is overhead. Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit pack the runs between visits, and a landscape planted up against the eave sends more into the trough, so those customers come back sooner and we flush the outlets on every visit. A home with few or no trees over the house is usually fine once a year in late fall. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be kept clean. After the first visit we tell you which of those your lot actually needs, and we keep the schedule from there. A gutter system that stays clear keeps the drainage path open from the eave to the outlet, and a homeowner who skips the fall visit usually finds out when the rains arrive.
Across Arizona, monsoon storms can drop a lot of water in an hour, and a rain gutter that is already full has nowhere to send the rainwater. Mesa averages about 8.7 inches of rain a year, and February, March and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when a clean gutter earns its keep. Water that spills over the edge for hours can cause structural damage to the fascia, and wood that stays wet can rot, while a clean system carries water away from the foundation. Gutter cleaning services across Mesa, for residential and commercial properties, are scheduled around those months as well.
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.
We cover the surrounding areas from the nearest base without needing you to know where that base sits. Booking is simple. Call or text, give us your stories, roof size and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the front if that helps. Mesa homes with overhead trees do well with regular gutter cleaning, and it is simpler to clean your gutters before a clog or buildup backs the runs up and slows the water flow. We confirm a date when you call, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the work, and homeowners get the same photo record either way.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, spring and fall, so booking early in those months gets you a slot you want. Outside those windows we usually have room for a clean visit. Our gutter cleaning service covers residential properties and commercial buildings through the same booking line, and commercial work is scheduled per building.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. There is no fixed figure I can responsibly give you without seeing the roof, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it from those details, the same way we price all of our gutter services in Mesa AZ.
Across Arizona the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs December to early January, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, a blockage can sit in the runs until the first rains, and we usually find runs that sagged under them.
We do not promise same-day service. We confirm a date when you call, and we will tell you the earliest time we can get there for a clean in the surrounding areas.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and the roofline to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew works to protect your home from any damage on the way.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check it until it runs clean, which covers the gutters and downspouts as one system. Checking that an underground line is draining is part of the visit, and clearing a buried line is a separate job we quote before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs we find seed casings, pollen and grit sitting on top of the guards, and the water never gets in. To keep your gutters flowing, the surface still needs a clean, though the schedule is often longer.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue. The goal is to protect your home from water damage, which takes a fix to the slope, not another visit.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.