Our crew cleans gutters in Northglenn, flushes every downspout and flow-tests it, hauls the mess away, and takes photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our Northglenn jobs most customers book in spring and fall, and we have been running those visits long enough to know what a neglected run looks like by the next season.
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 gutters and downspouts. A homeowner who calls us for a quote gets asked those three things, and we quote it over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. The estimate we give on the call is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a long straight gutter on a single story and a run broken by dormers on three stories are not the same job, and a flat per-foot figure misses that.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift and that costs time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaf mat, a sag in the run, and a buildup of grit that takes a second pass. A gutter system that has been left to sag also gets a drainage check before the crew signs off. Guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the trough add time as well. We flush every downspout, check the water flow, leave the runs clean, and haul away the debris, and all of that is in the quote and never billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent Northglenn job, a two-story home with moderate tree cover, the crew found a blockage at the bottom elbow of one downspout, a clog that had backed water up behind the gutter for a season. Flushing it and checking the drainage from the outlet took the same visit as the rest of the run, and the quote was set on the phone before we arrived. Most of our Northglenn homes come out to a clean, fast job when the caller tells us the stories and the tree cover honestly. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy to take, and we can usually say on the call whether the number is in line with the house.
We also clean commercial properties, and the residential properties we clean in Northglenn get the same flush and flow check as anything else on our list. Spring and fall are the two windows when the load is heaviest, so the gutter services we run on the schedule are timed to them. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule, we set up regular gutter cleaning at the first visit, and the debris removal is handled the same way on every 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 Northglenn homeowners book twice a year: once in the spring, after the seed and pollen drop and the last of the fluff is out of the runs, and once in the fall, after the last leaves and debris are down and before the first hard freeze. On our jobs the spring visit usually finds seed casings packed into the downspout elbows and a pollen paste sitting in the trough, and a single blockage there can hold back a whole run. A run that is clean in April has room for the May rain. The fall visit finds the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we have opened runs by March that sagged under ice and pulled loose from the fascia.
Freeze risk is the reason the fall visit matters here. Once the water in a clogged gutter freezes at the eave, it forms an ice dam that pushes water back under the shingles, and the first sign may be a slow leak inside the wall. By the time the thaw comes the damage is already inside, and the fascia behind the gutter may be starting to rot. A clean gutter in late fall drains all winter, and that is how you protect your home from water damage. A gutter left full is a gutter full of ice by the next season.
The tiers we see are simple. Twice a year covers most houses, and that is the schedule to keep your gutters working. Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles, twig and grit pack the downspouts between visits and a single season can leave clogged downspouts. A home with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, less often, but the surface still needs clearing. Near a busy road or a construction site, the grit alone pushes the schedule closer. Heavy rainfall in April, May and July tests every rain gutter we clean, and a run that is full when the rain hits can send water over the edge and cause structural damage at the fascia.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the runs, not on a guess from the street. Cleaning and maintenance happen on the same visit, and on every visit we flush every downspout so the runoff leaves by the downspout and carries water away from your home instead of sitting at the foundation. Between visits, gutter maintenance is mostly watching the runs after a storm. A clean gutter moves water; one that still spills over the edge is a different problem, and we will tell you so.
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 Northglenn CO and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so the drive is short for most addresses. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and tell us the stories and whether there are trees over the roof. That is enough for the quote, and a date goes on the calendar once you confirm it. Lead times move with the season, and spring and fall cleanings fill first, so the calendar is the honest answer for any given week.
The two busy windows match the two visits: late spring and late fall, when the leaves and seeds are at their heaviest. Booking early in those months is the simplest way to get a date for Northglenn gutter cleaning. A homeowner who wants a clean start for the summer rain can book the spring visit early. We call before we come, and nobody has to be home. The crew works from the outside of the house and does not come inside.
If the job needs a boom or scissor lift to reach the roofline, we say so when you call so the date and the quote both reflect it. The gutter cleaning process stays the same from the first call to the last photo, whether the house sits on a flat landscape or a slope. Once the runs are clean, the leaves go in the truck and the crew checks each downspout until rainwater runs clear.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Northglenn are priced house by house, so we do not quote a range on the page, because two-story homes vary too much for one figure to mean anything.
Across Colorado, the spring window runs late May to June, after the seeds and pollen drop. In Northglenn the fall window is October to early November, after the last leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat freezes into the runs, and on our jobs that is when we start finding sagging sections by March.
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 two busy windows.
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.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and watched until water runs clear at the outlet. A clog in the elbow is what we look for first when a downspout runs slow, and clear downspouts let rainwater leave the rain gutter instead of backing up behind it. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we find needles threaded through, seed casings and pollen matted on top, and grit settled underneath. Once that mat is wet, the water runs over the front edge. A guarded gutter system still needs clearing, just less often than an open one.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. 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.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew 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.
