Our own crew does Lakewood gutter cleaning, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Lakewood homeowners book in spring and fall, and we can tell you when to clean your gutters once we see the roofline.
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 gutter system. We quote our gutter cleaning services by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but the house is what we actually measure.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years with compacted muck packed into the trough, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the cleaning can start. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our visits to Lakewood homes the heavy buildup is usually the first thing we notice: a twig or a clog at the elbow, drainage backing up behind a sag in the run, a leak at a seam, and water flow stopping well short of the bottom of the downspout. Once the sag and the buildup are cleared, and the trough is clean, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear, so the job is done when the water is moving, not when the trough looks empty. Residential and commercial jobs are priced the same way, and commercial properties are quoted from the building in front of us.
When a Lakewood home has been skipped for a season or two, the first visit is usually the longest, and we say so on the phone. Regular gutter cleaning and maintenance is cheaper over time than waiting until a sag or a clog has started to cost you siding, fascia or foundation work, or lets the fascia rot. That is the case we make to our customers, and it is also why we keep the first visit honest about what it will take to get the gutters clean.
Our crew works the same way on residential properties and on commercial buildings: photos of every run before we leave, and the quote that matches the invoice. 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.
| 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 Colorado, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Most of our Lakewood customers book twice a year, and the fall visit lands in October or early November, after the last leaves are down. Those two visits are when we see the most change in a gutter, and they are the ones we schedule first in the calendar.
In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that the rain has turned into a sticky mat. In fall it is wet leaves and debris, and on the houses that skipped the autumn visit we have found rain gutter runs that sagged under the first ice and pulled loose from the fascia by March. In Lakewood the freeze and snow months are a real factor in how we schedule, so the fall visit is the one that protects the house from the winter ahead.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhanging the roof, our customers book cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, a single clean once a year in late fall is usually enough. In the surrounding areas, near a busy road or an active construction site, we see the same buildup as heavy tree cover, so those lots move to the shorter schedule too.
Gutter guards cut the work down, but they do not remove the need to clean. We still clear the surface and check the runs under the guard less often, not never. When we open a gutter in May it is rarely clean, and we find the seeds and the pollen. When we open it in November we find the leaves, and the shorter schedule is there for the lots that never stop producing material.
After the first clean we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the next date on the calendar before we leave the driveway. Keep your gutters and downspouts working through the seasons. A clean system with no blockage keeps water away from your home, and that is how you protect your home from water damage.
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 covers Lakewood from the nearest base, and our gutter services run across Lakewood, neighborhood by neighborhood, with the same gutter cleaning process on every street, and every run left clean before the crew moves on. When you call, we ask for the stories, the approximate square footage and whether there are trees or heavy landscape over the house, and we ask for a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. That is enough to quote the job over the phone or by text.
Lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we give you the date when we confirm the booking. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop have just finished, so the calendar fills earliest then. Booking early in those windows leaves more dates to pick from.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want a specific day or an arrival window, tell us when you book and we will work around it. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, or text us a photo of the roofline and we will reply with the quote and the next opening.
For a homeowner who has been putting it off, the simplest way to get your gutters checked is a single visit to see what they actually hold. From there, the calendar is set to the house, not to a fixed schedule we apply to everyone, and a clean gutter keeps rainwater moving away from the house through heavy rainfall.
Q: What do cleaning services in Lakewood cost for a two-story house? A: The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. Nothing is added on the day.
Q: When should I clean my gutters in Lakewood CO? A: Across Colorado the spring visit falls in late May to June. Our fall visit in Lakewood falls in October or early November, and if it is skipped we see sagging runs and ice-loaded gutters by March on the houses that waited.
Q: Do you offer same-day gutter cleaning in Lakewood? A: We confirm a date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. Same-day is not something we promise, because the calendar fills in the busy windows.
Q: Do I need to be home? A: 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.
Q: Do you flush the downspouts and check where they drain, including underground lines? A: Yes. Every downspout is flushed, and clogged downspouts are worked from the top until the water runs clear at the bottom. Where a line feeds an underground drain, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not; clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it.
Q: If my home has gutter guards, do they still need cleaning? A: Yes, less often. A gutter system with guards still needs gutter maintenance. On our jobs the surface collects leaves, needles and seed casings from the trees and the landscape, along with grit. When that mat is wet, the water runs off the front edge instead of into the gutter. We clear the surface, check the runs underneath, and leave the gutter clean.
Q: What happens if the gutters still overflow after you leave? A: A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning. Left alone, that sag can turn into rot and structural damage, and a leak at a seam is a repair, not a cleaning.
Q: Will the price change once the crew is on the roof? A: Not for anything we quoted. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after the ladder is down.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
