Our own crew cleans gutters in Lewiston, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and grit 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 sits over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest.
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 quote our gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house, whether it is a home or one of our commercial properties.
What moves the quote on our residential properties is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther off the ground than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris pressed into a mat, and that is slower work than a yearly clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too.
Downspout flushing, a water flow check and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and every run leaves clean. If something changes the job, we raise it with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Lewiston homes we often find the same pattern: a rain gutter with a leaf dam at the low end, clogged downspouts two bends down, and water running off the wrong side of the fascia. A gutter's whole job is to move water away from the house, and once the drainage stops, that kind of blockage turns into structural damage over a few wet seasons. We see it most in the older houses where the gutters were hung without much slope to start with.
If you have a question about a specific house, text us a photo of the front and the roofline and we will tell you what we see. Ask for a written estimate and we will put the figure in writing before we book the date.
| 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 our gutter cleaning service twice a year, which means two cleanings: once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Idaho the spring visit usually lands in late May to June. In Lewiston ID the fall visit falls in late October to November, and for most homes that pairing is regular gutter cleaning.
When we open a gutter here in May, we find seeds, seed casings and pollen buildup packed into the elbows. In November it is a wet leaf mat with the odd twig pinned in the elbows, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight of ice by March. Heavy freeze and snow mean a clog that sits all winter becomes a rain gutter that pulls loose before spring. A full gutter cannot handle heavy rainfall, and March, April and May are the wettest months here, so the rainwater has nowhere to go when it arrives.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm our customers keep for gutter maintenance, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Residential and commercial buildings with guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing.
If you want to know how often to clean your gutters, call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk you through it. After the first visit we look at the whole gutter system and tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you do not have to guess from a generic schedule.
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 Lewiston gutter cleaning crew works from the nearest base, and we have cleaned gutters across Lewiston and the surrounding areas. Most calls come from homeowners, and every homeowner gets a clear date and a clear number. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the gutters and downspouts, and we will quote it on the spot.
Lead time changes with the season. The busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fast, so book early if you want a particular week. Cleaning and maintenance visits book fastest in those windows. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
A clean gutter keeps the rainwater moving and away from your home. A plugged one can leak into the eave, rot the fascia board and send water back under the shingles, and that is how the damage starts. Our gutter services exist to protect your home from water damage. Keep your gutters clear between visits, and get your gutters checked before the next storm arrives: book a visit, and the crew will flush every downspout and check where the water goes.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much muck is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front, and we will quote the price from those three things. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Across Idaho the spring visit usually lands in late May to June, after the seed drop. The fall visit falls in late October to November, after the leaves are down. Wait past either window and we often find the clog has already started to sag the run.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service on our cleaning services in Lewiston, because the calendar depends on how many houses are ahead of yours on the route.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only: the crew does not come inside, and it 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, we flush every downspout and watch until water runs clear at the bottom, because a clean run that drains into a blocked line is not finished. 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, but less often. Gutter guards keep leaves out of the gutters, but on our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit settling underneath, and that mat stops the water from getting in. We clear the surface, flush every downspout and reseat the guards.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we quote is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
