Our own crew will clean gutters across Washington DC, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it before we leave. Everything is hauled off, not blown onto the lawn, and you get photos of every run before the truck pulls away.
The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and every visit leaves the yard clean.
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 in the gutters. Our cleaning services in Washington are priced over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we price the whole house so you know the total before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves the number on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with packed grit and leaves, and a sag or a run pulling loose takes more care. Guards on a gutter system that we have to lift and reseat add a step to every section they cover.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and the yard is left clean. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Washington homeowners with a house near the heavy tree canopy usually carry more buildup between cleanings than a lot with open sky, so the price reflects that. We have cleaned homes where the back run was the whole job; the quote was set by the height and how packed the run was, not by the square footage alone. Homes here come in a range of sizes, and the phone estimate covers all of them. Regular gutter cleaning and maintenance keeps the clog from forming in the first place, which is cheaper than digging out a packed run. Residential properties and commercial properties are both on our schedule, and the residential quote is by house, not by the foot.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what your gutters need.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
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 District of Columbia, most of our customers book twice a year: in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and in November to early December, after the last leaves are down. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have found runs that sagged under the weight by March. A clean trough in November is the goal.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so a clean run matters. A rain gutter with a twig in one run will back up the next, and the rainwater spills over the front edge. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. The buildup stays low, and the fall clean takes the leaves before they rot in the trough.
Winter here brings snow in January, February, March and December, so a full trough in fall is the one that freezes, pulls loose and can cause structural damage. Our blockage checks in fall look for that before the cold sets in. Gutter maintenance in fall helps protect your home from water damage in the spring thaw, and the cleaning is the cheapest insurance against a spring leak.
We keep the calendar open for gutter services in the surrounding areas, and the schedule for the rest of the year follows the same pattern. Clean your gutters before the wet months and the seasons take care of themselves. Our crew can flush every downspout on the same visit, which keeps water away from your home. After the first visit we tell you which tier 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 the greater DC area from the nearest base and does not name the base on the phone. We have cleaned in the older, tree-lined blocks and along the newer rows where the roofline sits higher, and the quote follows the house rather than the postcode. Book by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting a photo of the front of the house, and we will set the number from stories, size and tree cover.
The gutter cleaning process starts with a call, and lead time varies with the season. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fast, so to get your gutters on the schedule, ask early for the week you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from outside the house, so the side gate is the only access they need.
Our clients tend to book the same run every year, which keeps the notes on each house accurate. Keep the calendar simple: one clean in spring, one in fall, and a check between if the trees are heavy. For a homeowner with a steep roof or a back run that is hard to reach, we plan the visit so the work is done once and done right. Leaves and debris from a neighboring lot can drift onto your roof, and that is part of the check we make on each visit, so the gutters stay clear of clogs before the next heavy rainfall.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from stories and size, and we give you the total by phone or text. We do not quote a range because every two-story house has its own run lengths and its own amount of buildup. Once we have the stories and square footage, that total is what you pay.
Spring visits run mid to late May across District of Columbia, and fall visits run November to early December. Wait past the fall visit and the leaves set into the trough, so the run is harder to clean before the first freeze. We see that most on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If you need a faster visit, ask us on the phone and we will tell you what we have open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the yard clean. Photos of every run and downspout go 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 flow-tested, and we check drainage and water flow at each outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it. Clogged downspouts that will not clear get a second pass before we leave, and we tell you if an outlet is not draining.
Yes. Gutter guards keep the big leaves out, but fine litter like needles and seed casings still settles on top and packs into a mat that stops the water. On our jobs the guarded runs need the surface clean and the guards reseated, though the visit is usually shorter than an open run.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size rather than a clog in the trough. 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.
Only if the job changes, and then you hear 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.
