Our own crew cleans gutters in Westminster, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been on Westminster roofs in spring and fall for years, and most of our customers book those two visits.
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 give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the estimate is the number we charge. Homeowners get that number before the crew climbs a ladder, and our gutter cleaning services are quoted the same way for every house. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs in Westminster, the quote moves for a few reasons. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift and that takes more time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run is further up than it looks from the yard. A gutter system nobody has opened in years holds compacted buildup that takes longer to clean out, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we open a gutter here we are usually looking at the same few problems. The clog is often seed fluff and needles from the trees overhead packed into the elbow, and the drainage stops at the first bend. A clog like that is quick to clear once it is found. Where the buildup has been left, the runs sag under the weight, and a heavy rainfall sends the water over the edge instead of down the downspout. If the water flow is still poor after we clear it, we say so in the photos and the report, and we flag any seam that looks like a leak. Our Westminster homes have a range of roof styles and tree cover, and we have seen how much a single season of leaves and seed changes the load on a run.
One of our recent Westminster jobs was a two-story house with heavy tree cover on the south side. The crew cleared the leaves from every run, left each one clean, flushed the clogged downspouts and found a sag in the back gutter where the water had been running behind the fascia for a while. We reported it with photos and left the repair decision with the homeowner. That is the sort of structural damage we look for when we are up there, and it is part of what the quote covers in the report.
If you are comparing a quote from us with one from a commercial company, note that we also clean commercial properties, but the residential properties we do are priced the same way: by the house. Our crew runs the same gutter cleaning process on residential and commercial jobs, with the same tools and the same rates. The point is to keep rain gutter water away from the foundation and the siding, and to keep the gutters and downspouts working through the whole season. Good gutter maintenance keeps water away from your home, and that matters more than the price on any one 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 customers book two cleanings a year. Across Colorado, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in October to early November, after the last leaves. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. A run that is clean in May is the exception here, not the rule. In the fall it is the leaf mat, and in a freezing year the first ice and ice dams at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show runs that sag or pull loose by March. Freeze risk here is real, so the fall visit matters more than it might in a milder place.
The schedule depends on the lot. Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and those houses are on every three to four months. Near a busy road or a construction site, the same. Rainwater has to get out of a clogged run in April, May and July, the wettest months here, so a house on a schedule stays clean through the worst of it. A house with few or no trees usually needs only one visit a year, in October to early November, and that is enough to keep the drainage clean through the winter. On houses with gutter guards, clearing is less frequent, but the surface still needs debris removal, because the mat on top of the guard is where the water stops.
Our crew keeps a record of what we find at each visit, and that record is what sets the tier. The first visit is where we check the roofline, the blockage, the flow and the condition of the runs, and where we see whether the gutters need more or less often. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the reasons in the report with photos. If you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule, that record is the reason it works, so get your gutters on a plan before the first freeze. Any gutter cleaning service worth booking keeps the same kind of record.
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 Westminster from the nearest base. Homeowners start with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our calendar fills up in the busy windows, across Colorado late May to June and October to early November, so if you want a slot, call (866) 435-6328 early.
When the crew is on the ladder, we work through the gutters first and the glass last, so the runs are clean before anyone touches a window. A twig wedged in an elbow is the kind of thing the flush finds, and we clear it before the water goes anywhere it should not. The point of booking with us is one visit where we clear the runs, flush every downspout, and leave you with photos of the work. For a homeowner, cleaning and maintenance on one visit is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage through the rainy season.
We cover the surrounding areas too, and if you want Westminster gutter cleaning on a set schedule, we can set up the visits on the phone. Keep your gutters clean and the water runs where it should, and the gutter services on the house are easier to manage over the years. A leak at a joint is easier to catch on a scheduled visit than after it has soaked the fascia and the board has begun to rot, and where the landscape slopes toward the foundation, we check the splash at the outlet too.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters. We give it by phone or text, and it is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book a fall visit in October or early November. Across Colorado, the spring window is late May to June, and if they wait past the spring seeds, we find seed casings packed into the elbows. If they wait past the fall leaves, the first ice can lock the mat in place before we get up there.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
No. The 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 checked at the outlet, and the run is left clean. 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 the needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top of them, and that mat stops the water from going in. The surface still needs gutter maintenance, though usually less often, because a clean surface lets the water in.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. The price is set from the stories, size and tree cover. That is part of our gutter cleaning process: if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
