Our own crew cleans gutters in Longmont, flushes every downspout until it runs clean, flow-tests the runs, hauls the mess away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs here, most customers book in spring and fall, so the calendar fills early in both seasons.
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. For gutter cleaning services, we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price per linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you run the numbers, but we would rather you see the total before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift, and a walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and the odd twig, and that takes longer to clean than a light clog. Where there are gutter guards we have to lift and reseat, that adds time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we open a gutter on a typical house, the usual finding is a buildup of leaves and debris that has turned into a clog at the elbow. Left alone, it sends water over the edge, and that is how the drainage fails and the fascia board starts to rot. Some runs have a sag from years of standing water, and that is structural damage we photograph and report rather than fix. Longmont homes get the same crew every time, so a customer's history stays with the people on the ladder. Commercial properties follow the same pricing logic per building, and we quote them separately because the access is different.
Here is what our crew has seen on recent jobs. One house had a rain gutter run that looked clear from the driveway but had a blockage at the far corner, and the water was running behind the trough. Another had clogged downspouts that were flushed clean, and the crew found no damage beyond a small leak at a joint, which they photographed and listed in the report. Keeping water away from your home, with clean runs and good water flow all the way down, is the point of all of it, and that is what the price is for.
| 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.
On our Longmont jobs, most customers book twice a year, once after the seed and pollen drop and again after the last leaves. Across Colorado, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and in Longmont CO the fall visit lands in October to early November. Across Colorado, hail season along the Front Range dents gutters and washes shingle grit into the runs.
In spring we find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and because freeze risk is real here, we are also looking for the first ice and the ice dams forming at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show runs that sag or have pulled loose by March. When we open a gutter here in May we find the pollen first, and in November we find the wet leaf mat, so the visit that matches the season is the one that leaves the runs clean.
The tiers, as we see them: two cleanings a year covers most houses. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, the schedule moves to every three to four months, because needles, twigs and grit pack the drains between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Guards need less frequent cleaning and maintenance, but the surface still gets a clean on each visit.
Here is how the schedule plays out for two kinds of lot. One has no trees over the roof and books once a year in late fall; the gutters come out clean and the flow test passes. The other sits under heavy canopy and gets cleaned every three to four months, and the runs stay open between visits. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Clean your gutters on the schedule that matches the roof, and the regular gutter cleaning keeps the whole gutter system moving the rainwater where it should go.
If you have a question about the estimate for commercial or residential properties, the crew can answer it on the phone at (866) 435-6328, and for residential and commercial work we book the same way. The debris removal is in the visit, so the roofline and the ground come out as they went in.
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 Longmont and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and cleaning services in Longmont go out from there. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text: give us the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy. That is usually all we need to put a number on it. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or reply to the text.
The two busy windows for Longmont gutter cleaning are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so ask early and get your gutters on the calendar before the rush. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you are a homeowner trying to protect your home from water damage this season, booking the first open slot is the simplest way to keep your gutters clean.
We are a gutter services company first, so the focus stays on the gutters and downspouts and not on a long list of add-ons. Where the landscape slopes toward the foundation, the crew writes that down too. When a visit uncovers something outside that scope, the crew photographs it and includes it in the report. Whether you book one visit or a schedule, the goal is the same: keep your gutters clean, flush every downspout and keep water moving away from the house.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a steep pitch can take far longer than a flat roof on the same footprint.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze in November, we find the runs sagged or pulled loose, and that is a repair problem we would have caught earlier.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No. Our gutter cleaning service works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, but they do not remove it. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, seeds and grit sit on top of the guard and still need to be cleared to keep the water moving.
A gutter system that is clean and still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall has a slope or downspout-size problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
