Our own crew cleans gutters in Rio Rico, flushes every downspout, checks that it flows, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Arizona, most of our customers book in spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop have finished. The yard is left clean when the crew packs up.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its 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. Every homeowner asks this first. Our cleaning services in Rio Rico come with one number, cleaning and maintenance together, and the answer is the same whether you call or text. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run. Ask for a written estimate if you want a clean breakdown on paper before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted leaves and grit that has to be dug and bagged by hand. A twig or a clog at a downspout elbow adds time too, and so does a leak at a seam. Gutter guards we have to lift, clean under and reseat add more time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
In Rio Rico, the cleanings we do on heavy tree cover use more time because the leaves and needles get into the elbows and stay there. On a typical home the crew finds the same pattern: the rain gutter is full of wet material, a clog sits at the first bend, and the water runs over the edge instead of away from your home. Clogged downspouts are usually the cause, and once the run drains freely again it stays clean until the next visit. Quoting the job by phone with a photo of the front of the house is the quickest way to get a number you can plan around, and our crew will tell you on the phone which of these conditions apply to your lot. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will come back with the price.
The job itself is the same process every time: we start at the highest run, clean each run by hand, flush every downspout with water until it runs clean at the bottom, and photograph every section. That is the gutter cleaning process we follow on every house, and it is what gets the water away from your home instead of over the edge. If you want the gutters cleared before the rains start, ask us to walk you through it on the call.
| 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 Rio Rico customers book twice a year: in spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, when the leaves and debris have come down. Our fall visits run November to early December. If you stick to that twice-a-year rhythm, gutter maintenance stays routine instead of urgent. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the elbow of the downspout. In fall it is the leaf load, mixed with grit that has washed in all season. Rio Rico averages 16.1 inches of rain a year, and its wettest months are July, August and September. Across Arizona the monsoon rains in the late summer can wash some of that load out onto the landscape below, and the wet leaf mat left before the rainy season is what we see most often on a fall visit.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, regular service every three to four months keeps the system clear, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the gutter system clean and flowing. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit settles faster, and the same three-to-four-month schedule applies. Guards, where a home has them, mean less frequent cleaning and maintenance of the trough itself, but the surface still needs to be cleared so that rainwater reaches the gutter and does not run over the top.
Each visit we check the same things: any sag in the run, each joint, the water flow at the downspout outlet, and any leak at a seam or early rot on the fascia boards behind the run. Those are the signs of a gutter system that is starting to fail. Catching them early keeps water from doing structural damage and helps protect your home from water damage. A gutter that is clean and still sends water over the edge in heavy rainfall has a slope problem, not a clog problem, and we will tell you that rather than sell a second cleaning. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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.
Our crew offers cleaning services in Rio Rico AZ from the nearest base, including gutter cleaning services for Rio Rico homes and the surrounding areas. We keep a calendar that fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, when most of our residential and commercial calls come in. The calendar covers residential properties and commercial properties alike. Book early in those windows and you get the slot you want. Outside them there is usually room, and we will give you the date when you call. Lead time is shown on the booking page, and we do not promise a slot sooner than that.
To book a visit, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front if that is easier. We ask for the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house, then we quote the job and set a date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. For commercial properties we quote per building and schedule the visit around your tenants. Rio Rico homeowners get the same call-first routine. Once the date is set, the crew arrives in the window we gave you and works from the highest run down to leave every run clean, and our gutter services include a check of the downspout at the outlet.
The number comes from stories, square footage and the roofline, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in late fall, after the seeds and the leaves have finished falling. Keep your gutters on that schedule and the rain gutter stays ahead of the water. If you wait past that, the downspout packs tight and the gutter can start to sag. We tell you which schedule your lot needs after the first visit.
Same-day depends on the day, so we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and the lead time is listed on the booking page.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves a clean yard.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clean at the bottom. We check the gutters and downspouts on every visit, and 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 anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit get through and mat on top of the guard. Once that mat is wet, rain runs over the top and off the front edge of the rain gutter. We clear the surface, flush every downspout and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sends rainwater over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a clog or a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The quote you get on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
