Our own crew cleans gutters in Burley, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the clutter hauled away, 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 overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked this way across Idaho for years, most often in spring and fall.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 and we give you that number before anything is booked. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is worked out, but on our jobs the stories and the condition of the trough move the number more than the length does.
Here is what drives a quote up on our jobs. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means the crew needs a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves that have to be dug and bagged by hand. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add their own minutes. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. Quotes for commercial properties come from the same stories, size and tree cover, so a larger building gets a larger number. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, not on the invoice.
Our experience with Burley homes is mostly in the same kind of houses: a clog at the bend where a downspout meets the run, a rain gutter that will sag where the hangers have let go, and buildup of seeds with leaves and debris in the first few feet of trough. On one house with heavy tree cover, the leaf mat had made a dam at the low corner and water was running out over the front edge instead of down the downspout. Once the run was cleared and the downspout flushed and checked, the water flow ran the full length and out the bottom, which is the drainage we are after on every job. Clogged downspouts and water pooling near the foundation are the two things that cause structural damage if they go unchecked, so we look for both before we leave. Keeping water away from the house is the whole reason for the 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.
Across Idaho, spring visits run late May to June, and most customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and once from October to early November after the last leaves are down. Burley ID houses see the same two windows. In spring we find seed casings, twig and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and any blockage at the outlet, and if we skipped a fall visit on a house here, the runs that sagged under ice are the ones we see first in March. Freezing is a real risk in this part of Idaho, and snowfall runs about 20.5 inches a year, so the fall cleaning is the one that keeps ice from forming at the eave and lifting shingles from underneath. Rainwater that cannot get out of the trough freezes first at the low corner.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, we see the same clog come back every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in the October to early November window is usually enough. Guards slow the buildup, but they do not stop it, so the surface still needs a clean on the same schedule. Every estimate starts with the stories, the roofline and the tree cover, and the schedule follows from those. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
Booking a gutter cleaning service before the first freeze is the surest way to keep ice off the eave. The same spring and fall windows apply to residential and commercial buildings, so a commercial roofline gets booked on this calendar too. Plan to clean your gutters in both windows, and let the debris removal happen on the same visit so nothing sits in the trough through winter. Crews book regular gutter cleaning on this schedule, and residential properties get the same photos of every run.
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.
The crew covers Burley from the nearest base, not a single block, along with the surrounding areas. Call (866) 435-6328 to start, or text us, and the quote comes from stories, size and tree cover. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Homeowners here get the same Burley gutter cleaning routine as everyone else, and the crew does not clean one run and skip the next. Each homeowner gets the gutter services quote with every item listed before work starts.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and the weeks after the leaves start to drop, so book early if you want a particular week. Lead time depends on the week you call, and we confirm the date when we speak. Our crew checks gutters and downspouts on the same visit, and will flush every downspout and clean the gutter guards and the trough. If we find a leak at a joint or a hanger, we photograph it and tell you before we leave. Keep your gutters working through the season, and regular cleanings help protect your home from water damage, so you will not have to call us in a hurry after a storm. Every visit comes with photos of each run and downspout, so you can see the result on your phone even when you were at work, and the twig and needle buildup cleared off the top of the guards shows in those photos too.
Our cleaning services in Burley are quoted from the number of stories and the size of the house, and we give you that number by phone or text before anyone books. The number we quote is the number on the invoice, and downspout flushing and haul-off are included in it.
Across Idaho, spring visits run late May to June, and our customers usually book the fall visit from October to early November. That is the gutter cleaning process we follow across Burley, and it lines up with the leaf drop. If you wait past the leaf drop, the wet mat freezes into the trough, and we find the sags in March. A heavy rainfall after a long dry spell also washes loose leaves into the downspout, so clean the gutters before the wet season.
Availability depends on the week you call, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm a date when you call so you know when the crew is coming, and calling early is the surest way to get your gutters done before the wet season.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Ladders set on the landscape beds carry stand-offs, so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and the bagged leaves stay away from your home until the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Flushing is part of gutter maintenance on our jobs, not an extra. Where a downspout feeds an underground 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 we touch it.
Yes, guards stop leaves but not needles, seeds or grit. Under guards on our jobs we usually find a mat of fine grit sitting on top, and the water never gets in. A gutter system with guards still needs cleaning and maintenance, so we clear the surface and check the flow before we leave.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Rot in the fascia is a separate question, and we say so when we see it.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is, and agree on the new number before work continues, so the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
