Our own crew cleans gutters, flushes every outlet, checks that each one runs clear, hauls everything away, and sends 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, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Colorado, most of our customers book the spring and fall visits so the gutters are clean before the seed drop and again before the leaves and first freeze arrive.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our cleaning services in Rifle are priced from three things: how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price gutter work per linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the runs are measured, but on our jobs the stories and the roofline matter more than the length alone.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes the work, and so does a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with buildup that takes longer to clear, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: a clean run from end to end, with leftovers bagged and hauled away from your home. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of our work is for homeowners on single-family homes where the heavy tree cover is the main driver of the second visit. The gutter is the part that fills first, so the homeowner who books a clean and watches the first rain notices the leak early. We keep the cleaning and maintenance on the same schedule as the house, and the cleanings are easier to plan when the gutter maintenance is booked ahead. When the tree cover is heavy, clogged downspouts pack with twig and grit between visits, and even one clog at the elbow backs water up the run. The point of the schedule is to protect the house from water damage before the next storm, and that is the reason for a closer visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule, or text a photo of the front of the house and we will get a number to you the same day.
| 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, most of our customers book two visits a year: late May to June, after the spring seed and pollen drop, and October to early November, after the last leaves fall. A clean run in late May keeps the seed out of the elbows until fall, and when we open a rain gutter in May we still find pollen paste packed in tight. In November it is a wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by the next March under the weight of ice. Across Rifle, snow runs about 27 inches a year, mostly from November through April, and that weight turns into structural damage when the runs are full. Water that sits through the winter can rot the fascia board behind the gutter, and getting the water away from the house is what the visits are for.
Homes under heavy tree cover are on a three- to four-month schedule, because needles and grit pack the gutter system between visits. The wettest months here are March, September and October, with about 12.6 inches of precipitation a year, so those are the months a full gutter shows up first. Homes with few or no trees, and no landscape beds under the eave, do well with one visit a year in late fall. Homes with guards still need a clean on the surface, though less often. After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs.
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 Rifle CO and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and works the neighborhoods where our customers already are. Rifle homes get the same gutter cleaning service as anywhere else on the route: the crew checks the water flow, clears the run and tells you if the drainage around the eave needs attention. Homeowners get the photo report before the truck leaves, so nothing has to be taken on trust.
Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, or text a photo of the house front and we will get back to you with a quote from your stories, size and tree cover. The quote is built from those details, so a photo of the front is usually enough to start. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
The crew's route is set by the jobs already on the calendar, and the two busy windows are spring and fall, late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Booking early in those months keeps the slot you want, and a regular clean on the same schedule keeps the calendar predictable for you. Regular gutter cleaning is how you keep your gutters from holding water in the first place.
We work residential and commercial jobs on the same routine: flush, clear, bag and photo report. Residential properties and commercial properties both get the same check at the outlet, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Keep to the schedule and you clean your gutters before the leaves and grit build up.
The estimate comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details. Once we have them, the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs here, customers book late May or June and again in late October or early November. If the fall visit is skipped, the leaves and first ice are what we find on the next spring visit, so the timing matters more than the month alone.
Most of our gutter services come up within the week. When you call we confirm the date we can actually reach, and we do not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the yard as clean as they found it.
Yes. We flush every downspout, and the gutters and downspouts get a flow check at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line that carries rainwater away from the house is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Tree fluff, needles, seed casings and grit collect on top of the guard, and the water never gets past the blockage. We clear the surface and reseat the guards.
If the gutters are clean and still overflow in the rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The price we quoted is the price you pay, and the visit is there to protect your home from water damage.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
