Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Idaho, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits late October to November, and we can usually tell you what your roofline needs on the first call.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
For a homeowner in Hayden, the price depends on how many stories the house has, how much square footage sits under the roof, and what is packed in the gutters. We quote our gutter cleaning services by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run once the stories and access are counted.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest single change, because 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 back run, and poor drainage at the low corner adds time as well. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with buildup, compacted leaves and debris, and a gutter system with a leak at the seams takes longer to clear. A clog in one downspout, and guards we have to lift and reseat, also add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every quote and never billed as extras, and we clean the whole run before we bill. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Commercial properties in the area get the same treatment, with the work scheduled per building and priced the same way. Water away from the foundation is the goal on every job, whether the building is a home or a shop. A sag in a run is photographed and reported before anyone touches it, and a clogged downspout that sends water along the wall is how structural damage and rot start.
| 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, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, which is the first thing a rain gutter loses. Hayden averages 27.2 inches of snow and 25.4 inches of precipitation a year, and January, November and December are the wettest months. Rainwater that cannot drain off the roofline before the first hard freeze is the run that ices up, and with freeze risk in Hayden, a gutter still full in November is the one that can sag under the weight of the ice.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the gutter maintenance schedule we see working, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack the downspout between visits and the gutter clog comes back faster. A roofline with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall. Homes near a busy road, active construction or a freshly planted landscape also need the shorter schedule, since the grit is heavier than leaves. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but we still clean the surface each time so the water finds the opening, and that is how you keep your gutters draining.
A lot with no trees over the house usually fits the once-a-year schedule, and a lot under heavy cover moves to the shorter one. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs, and the estimate for the next visit is written up before we leave. To lock in a date, call (866) 435-6328 before the calendar fills. The first estimate sets the rest of the year, so when to clean your gutters is settled before we leave.
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 Hayden ID and the surrounding areas. To book Hayden gutter cleaning, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. From the photo and your answers about stories, size and tree cover we can usually give you a firm quote on the same call. Lead time for a gutter cleaning service depends on how many slots are open that week, and during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, the calendar fills fast, so booking early keeps your choice of day.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. A planned schedule means regular gutter cleaning, with the flush every downspout visit kept on the calendar between cleanings, and that is how you protect your home from water damage when heavy rainfall hits. Clearing each blockage keeps water away from your home, out of the walls and the crawl space, which is the whole point of a clean system.
The same crew handles residential and commercial work in the city, from residential properties to commercial buildings, scheduled per building. Booking to clean a home or a shop works the same way: quote, date, photos afterward. Ask about the schedule, the stories and the tree cover when you call, and we will set the visit to match the gutter services you need.
Our cleaning services in Hayden are priced from the stories, the square footage and what is packed in the gutters, and we give the number by phone or text. Nothing on the invoice will be a surprise, because anything that changes the job is raised before the crew starts.
Across Idaho, the spring visit runs late May to June and the fall visit late October to November, because those visits catch the seed and pollen load and the leaf load before the first ice. Waiting until the ice forms is how the runs start to sag, and regular cleaning and maintenance on that fall schedule keeps the eaves clear.
Same-day depends on what the calendar looks like that week. When you call, we confirm the earliest date we have so you can get your gutters on the calendar, and most slots come up within the week during the busy seasons.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only, and the crew does not come into the house. We send photos of every run and each downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, and we call before we arrive.
Yes. Every run of gutters and each downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that the water flow reaches the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, which we photograph and quote before anyone touches it.
Yes, most homes with gutter guards still need the surface cleared, because needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a mat. We check under the guard when we clean and report what we find.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity rather than debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. The quote is set from stories, size and tree cover, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to the change before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
