Our own crew cleans gutters in Tempe, every run flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Pricing depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters and downspouts. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Commercial properties are quoted the same way. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the stories and the state of the gutters change the time on the ladder far more than the length does.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once it is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to work safely. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down packed with matted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included and never billed as extras, and every job ends with a clean finish. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the Tempe homes we have cleaned, the biggest swing in the quote has come from the heavy leaves and debris that pile up in the trough and form a clog, plus the clogged downspouts underneath. One customer had a long run of gutter with a sag in the middle where the buildup had held water for months. Once the crew cleared it and flushed the drain, the water flow ran clean to the outlet and the drainage path stayed open. Another had structural damage at the fascia from water that had been spilling over for a season, which we photographed and reported rather than repaired. Keeping water away from the house is the reason the cleaning exists, and it is how we protect your home from water damage. The quote reflects what the gutters look like on the day we arrive.
Tell us the number of stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the house, and call (866) 435-6328 for a number on the spot. If a photo of the front of the house is easy to send, that helps too. There is no need to be home for the quote.
| 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 customers book the spring and fall visits, and that schedule works for most homes. Tempe AZ averages 8.8 inches of rain a year, and across Arizona the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. The fall visit falls in December to early January, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter for the spring visit we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the drains. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that sits in the trough and holds moisture against the rain gutter, and that mat is a clog waiting for the next storm. Across Arizona, monsoon storms bring heavy rainfall, and a single cell can drop a lot of water in an hour, so the rainwater has nowhere to go and a blockage that looks minor can overflow the first time a storm sits over the neighborhood.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhead, customers want a regular gutter cleaning every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Near a busy road or construction, the same schedule applies for the dust that settles in the trough. Few or no trees overhead, once a year at the fall visit is enough for most houses. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs a clean, since the leaves and grit that sit on top of a guard turn to a wet paste that the rain runs off the front edge.
Each gutter cleaning service visit includes a look at the roofline, where we check for runs that have started to pull loose from the fascia. A run that pulls loose lets water spill behind the gutter, and a dip in the run holds water, and both send it back toward the house instead of away from your home. To keep your gutters on the right schedule, we tell you after the first visit which tier your lot actually needs. If you want to know how often to clean your gutters, call for an estimate.
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 Tempe gutter cleaning, our crew works out of the nearest base to keep the trips short. To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from the number of stories, the size and how much tree cover is overhead. We call before we come, and no homeowner needs to be home for the visit. A seam that is dripping is a leak, and we photograph it and report it rather than sell a fix on the spot. Lead times depend on the season, and the two busy windows, spring and fall, fill fastest, so booking early in those months helps you get the date you want.
We cover homeowners and the surrounding areas with the same crew and the same process, whether the house is a single story with a short run of gutter or a three-story home with a long back roofline. Gutters and downspouts get the same care on both. The same crew handles residential properties, and residential and commercial jobs follow one process. The gutter cleaning process is the same: gutters first, flush every downspout, debris removal, and photos of every run sent to your phone. A twig in a downspout gets the same attention as a full trough. If your house has gutter guards, we clean around them and reseat them, and repeat cleanings follow the same steps. If you want gutter maintenance on a regular schedule, we can set the next visit at the end of each cleaning so you can keep your gutters on track. Clean gutters protect your home from water damage. Gutter services are priced from what we find on the day, so a call is the fastest way to get an accurate quote before you book.
To get your gutters quoted, call or text us and we give you the number by phone. There is no fixed figure, because the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters set the time on the ladder. A two-story house with light buildup and one with packed runs take very different times.
Across Arizona the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit usually lands in December to early January. If customers wait longer, we usually find the drains packed solid and runs that have started to pull away from the fascia. Booking both visits is the simplest gutter maintenance habit to keep.
Same-day depends on the day, so we confirm the date when you call. We serve homes across Tempe, and our cleaning services in Tempe usually have a slot within the week, so we will tell you the first opening we have.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the landscape and lawn as they were found. Photos of every run and drain go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed and checked that water leaves at the outlet. If a drop pipe feeds an underground line, we tell you whether water is draining, but clearing a buried line is a separate job that is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, but less often. On our jobs the grit that sits on top of a guard turns into a wet mat, and we clean that surface and check that water is actually getting into the trough.
If a clean gutter still overflows in the rain, the cause is usually a slope or outlet-size problem, not a clog. Water that runs behind the trough can cause rot in the fascia, so send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
The quote holds for cleaning and maintenance visits unless the crew finds something that changes the job. If it does, 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.
