Our own crew cleans gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and 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 run the most full calendars. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
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. Post Falls homeowners get the same answer on the phone or by text, built from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that offer gutter cleaning services by linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and the access are what actually move the number on a house.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises how high the back gutters sit, so the back run sits farther up than the street side suggests. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves and debris, and that takes longer to clear than a normal fall load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the ladder. We flush every downspout, test the flow, and leave the gutters and downspouts clean, and debris removal is included in the price, never billed as an extra. If something changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the back of the house, and we will give you the number before you book.
Here is how it looks on the ground. One customer had a two-story house with heavy tree cover over the back side, and the gutters came down with a clog at two elbows that had sat for a season. We cleared the runs, flushed each downspout until the water left clean at the outlet, and photographed every run before we left. The quote moved because of the clog and the tree load, not because of anything surprising on the house. Another homeowner had no trees and a simple one-story house, and the gutters needed only a light pass. Nothing about either house was a surprise on the phone once we heard the stories, the size and the tree cover, and that is the point of quoting that way.
Other things we see on Post Falls homes and commercial properties follow the same pattern. A rain gutter's whole job is to carry water away from your home, and a sag in a long run usually means the hangers are losing grip. A sag that holds water is where the drainage backs up toward the fascia. Water flow is the test we care about most, because a gutter system that looks clear can still send water over the edge if the buildup is inside the trough. If a leak shows up after the clean, it is a slope or hanger issue, and we photograph it and report it rather than sell a repair. Rot in the fascia behind a gutter is the cost we are trying to prevent, and structural damage follows when the water gets behind the wall. Regular gutter cleaning is cheaper than that when a run has been ignored.
| 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 lands in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. On our Post Falls ID jobs, a gutter opened in May has seed and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight by March. Freezing and ice dams are the real fall risk here, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhead, our customers are on every three to four months, because sticks and grit pack the gutters between visits. A roof with few or no trees is fine once a year in late fall. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, so clean your gutters on that visit too, less often but never skipped. Our wettest months are January, November and December, and that heavy rainfall is when a clog shows up fastest. The rainwater tells you a lot: if water is running over the edge in a steady rain instead of out the downspout, the gutter is full and the schedule needs to tighten. Clogged downspouts are the most common reason we see that, usually at the elbow, and any blockage there shows up first in a heavy rain.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, based on what we find in the gutters and along the eaves. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, and we will confirm the timing when we call back. Keeping the gutter clean through late fall is the simplest way to head off an ice dam at the eave before winter.
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 Post Falls gutter cleaning crew has cleaned gutters on homes like yours, and the calendar is the same for every address across Post Falls once we confirm the stories and the tree cover. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text. Tell us the stories, the approximate size and whether there are trees near the house, and send a photo of the front if it is easy to take. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time depends on the week, and we give you the actual date when you call rather than promising a slot we do not have. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop fill the calendar fast. Book early in those windows if you want a specific morning. We serve residential and commercial customers on the same schedule, and we work the calendar around business hours when the job is a commercial building. Residential properties and the surrounding areas get the same care. Our aim is simple: keep your gutters clean enough to protect your home from water damage.
Our gutter cleaning service is scheduled one visit at a time, and the crew sets up the boom or scissor lift where the house needs it, then leaves the gutters clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front and we will tell you the next open date.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not quote a figure in writing here, because the same two-story house can come in lower or higher depending on what is in the gutters and whether the back run is hard to reach. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories, the size and the tree cover, and you will have the number before you book. If you want to get your gutters on the calendar this season, call early.
Across Idaho the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed drop, and the fall visit in late October or November, after the leaves are down. Homeowners who skip the fall visit tend to see sagging runs and ice-damaged eaves by March, and January, November and December are our wettest months. Waiting too long in the fall is the costliest mistake we see.
Our gutter cleaning calendar usually opens within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. Cleaning services in Post Falls run on the calendar that week, so we do not promise same-day work.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process runs entirely outside, and the crew does not come inside. Photos of every run and downspout, clean and checked, go 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 it until it runs clean at the outlet. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, often run beneath a landscape bed, 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 we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, usually less often. On our jobs we find seed casings, a twig or two and sticks sitting on top of the guard and grit underneath, and that buildup can stop the water getting in. A clean gutter under the guard drains properly, so we lift the panels, clear underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards. Regular gutter maintenance still matters with guards on.
If a gutter that is clean still spills water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or a downspout that is too small, not debris. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Cleaning and maintenance are priced as one number, and that number is the one on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
