Our own crew cleans gutters in Boulder, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Colorado our customers book in spring and fall, and most of our Boulder bookings land in those same two windows.
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 price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb.
On our Boulder jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the first thing that changes the price, because the boom or scissor lift has to reach higher and the crew works slower. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years come down heavy, with compacted leaves, twigs and debris packed into the runs, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we open a run on a house that has been left alone, the blockage is usually at the elbow of one of its clogged downspouts, where leaves and grit pack tight and water flow stops. A leaf mat that has begun to rot in place can hold water against the fascia, which is how a simple clog turns into structural damage behind the gutter. We clear it down to the downspout outlet and flush the line until the water runs clean at the bottom. Good drainage moves water away from the foundation, so we check that the downspout carries it off instead of letting the trough hold it and run it away from your home along the wall.
Our Boulder homes are not all alike, and the cases we have cleaned show it. The houses with the heaviest buildup are the ones where the crew has to work the gutters in sections because the debris is that thick. Those are the jobs where the price moved most, and we say so on the phone before we book. A rain gutter system that runs clean at the bottom but still spills over the edge is a slope or capacity problem, and we say so instead of billing another visit.
| 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 Boulder customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule catches the buildup before it packs and leaves every run clean going into the next storm. Across Colorado the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the months shift with the weather in each city. On our Boulder jobs, the fall visit in October or early November finds the wet leaf mat that the first hard freeze will lock in place.
In Boulder CO, freeze-belt conditions change what the fall visit is for. When the first ice forms at the eave, water that cannot leave the gutter backs up under the shingles and makes an ice dam. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sagged under that ice and pulled loose from the fascia by March. Gutters that sag under ice are the first thing the crew checks. A clean gutter going into winter is the cheapest insurance on the roofline we know of, and the crew can show you the difference from one year to the next.
Under heavy tree cover and a dense landscape around the house, we see the gutters fill far faster, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Those houses are on a schedule of every three to four months, not twice a year. Heavy rainfall in April, May or September, the wettest months here, shows a clogged run fast, since rainwater has nowhere to go. Keep the runs clean before those months. A house with few or no trees overhead can run once a year in late fall and be fine. Guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, and we check the guard seating at every visit, but they need less frequent full cleaning.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the photos of every run on your phone so you can see what a clean run looks like. Call (866) 435-6328 now to get your gutters on the spring or fall schedule, and we will hold the date for you.
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 works across Boulder from the nearest base, including the surrounding areas, through the busy windows of the year. Booking for Boulder gutter cleaning starts with an estimate by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. Our gutter cleaning process runs the same way on every house. If it is easy, send a photo of the house front so we can see the roofline before we arrive. The two stretches when our calendar fills are late spring and early fall, so if you want a particular week, call (866) 435-6328 early. Booking early also lets us clean your gutters before the wet months, and a clean first visit makes the next one faster.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and if the side gate is unlocked and the pets are inside while the ladders are up, that is all we ask. You will hear from us with an arrival window the day before and again when we are on the way. If the crew sees a leak at a joint, they photograph it and report it, and it is quoted separately. Ask us about residential and commercial properties and we will tell you which quote applies; the numbers on this page are for residential properties.
Whether you are a first-time homeowner or someone who has booked a gutter cleaning service before, the booking runs the same way for all of our gutter services. Some homes want two cleanings a year, and the crew sets the rhythm from the first visit. We handle the scheduling, the estimate and the photos so you can keep your gutters clean and working and protect your home from water damage without a long call tree.
We give that number by phone or text from the stories and the size of the house. We do not quote a figure without those details, because two houses of the same size can carry very different amounts of debris.
Across Colorado the spring visit falls in late May to June. In Boulder the fall window is October to early November, and if you wait past the first hard freeze, the leaf mat is harder to clear and the ice dams start before we get there.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless the schedule actually allows it that day.
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 you come back to a clean yard.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out but not the needles from landscape trees, seed casings and grit, and that material sits on top of the guard and turns into a mat. Guards do not replace gutter maintenance, so at every visit we lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards, which is the cleaning and maintenance the guard still needs.
A gutter system that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and if it does you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
