Our own crew cleans gutters in Billings, flushing each outlet and checking that it drains, then hauling away what comes out and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, 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 we keep those visits on the calendar.
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 it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run count is added up, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Some homeowners ask about the number first, so we give it on the call.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs the boom or scissor lift, which changes the quote. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted sludge, the kind that has to be dug out by hand rather than flushed, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Packed leaves and debris take longer than a quick rinse, and that time is part of the quote before we start. Once the run is clean, the crew moves to the outlets, because that is where a blockage hides and where water flow stops first. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras, so the cleaning and maintenance are priced as one job. Bags from debris removal leave with the crew, so nothing is left on the lawn. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
When we open a gutter, the first thing we check is the drainage path of the gutter system from the trough to the ground, and a clog anywhere along it shows up as sag or overflow later. A rain gutter that looks clean from the ground can still hold water at the low end, and clogged downspouts are a common cause, so we check both ends and make sure the drain carries water away. Most of the billings homes we clean have one or two runs where the buildup is worse than the rest, and those are the runs that decide how long the visit takes. For the gutter cleaning services we provide across billings, the calls about structural damage and rot nearly always trace back to a blockage that was not caught on the last visit, so we check the whole path every time.
On our jobs, the quote is set by the house in front of us. Every job is different, and we tell you which of these applies to your lot when you call. If you want a written estimate before you book, ask for it and we will send it. If you manage commercial properties, tell us when you call and we will say on the phone whether the job fits our crew.
| 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.
Gutter cleaning in billings mt follows the weather more than the calendar. Most of our customers book twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. Our spring visit lands after the seed and pollen drop, and our fall visit lands after the last leaves are down. Both residential and commercial calls start with the same question: how many trees hang over the roofline?
In spring we find the seeds, the seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of the run. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and if the house has freeze risk, the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that sagged under the weight of ice by March. Billings gets about 15.4 inches of precipitation a year, and the wettest months are April, May and June, so a clean trough going into heavy rainfall gives the water a way out. Water that cannot leave the gutter has to go somewhere, and the rainwater ends up behind the trough and along the roofline.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the trough between visits and cause a blockage that is worse than seeds alone. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards cut down the leaf load, but we still clear the surface and check the flow, so they usually move the schedule to the less frequent end. Once a run is clean, we check the outlet next, since a clog shows up there first.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Clean your gutters on the schedule that matches the trees over your house and the freeze your street gets, not on a calendar someone else picked. Regular gutter cleaning and gutter maintenance cost less over a year than dealing with a backed-up run after a storm. The tier logic works the same on residential properties, and it is the first thing we check.
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 provides cleaning services in billings from the nearest base, and we have worked the older blocks and the newer subdivisions alike. For billings gutter cleaning, the price comes from the house in front of us, not from a flat number off a list. Booking starts the gutter cleaning process with a quote from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front by text if that is easy for you. Once we have those, we set a date from the calendar and call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit. Booking before a leak shows up on the ceiling is easier on any homeowner than booking after a stain appears.
Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Our cleanings cluster in those two windows. If you call in those windows, expect the slot to take a little longer to open than in the quiet months. A clear trough, with no twig or seed head left in it, is how we protect your home. For a gutter cleaning service that protects your home from water damage, booking early in the busy window keeps the visit on the calendar.
We work with billings homeowners who want to keep their gutters running clear through the year. If you want to keep your gutters clear between visits, tell us when you book. On every visit we flush every downspout, not just the ones that look full. The crew flushes each outlet and checks the drain at the bottom, so the water goes away from the foundation instead of pooling at the base. We check gutters and downspouts as one path, so the water moves away from your home. Our gutter services cover the trough, the outlets and the drain at the bottom, all in one visit. We do not call a gutter clean until the flush runs clear at the bottom. A clean trough with a blocked outlet still overflows and lets water rot the fascia, so the outlet gets checked every time. Mulch from the landscape beds next to the house washes into the trough, so we clear that too. For surrounding areas that get the same weather, the same schedule applies, and any gutter guards get the same flow check.
To book, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date from the calendar, so you can get your gutters cleaned before the busy window fills.
The crew starts with the quote, clears the trough by hand and then gives each outlet a flush and a flow check. The trough is left clean, the bags go on the truck, and the photos come to your phone before the crew leaves.
Gutter maintenance is usually once a year on a lot with few trees, and every three to four months under heavy tree cover.
Yes, we clean guarded gutters across billings. Guards cut down the leaf load, but they do not end the job, so the crew still clears the surface, checks the flow and reseats the guards. Guarded gutters still need the trough checked, and the schedule usually runs lighter than it does for an open gutter.
It can. Mulch, soil and grass clippings from nearby beds wash into the trough, block the outlet and leave water standing, and standing water can rot the fascia board behind the run.
A leak at a seam usually shows as a drip, a stain on the ceiling or water running down the siding below the run. A gutter system that drains properly carries that water away, and we report any seam or hanger we see failing on every visit.
Away from the foundation. A working drain should carry runoff out past the foundation, not pool at the base or run toward the basement.
Call (866) 435-6328 and we will take the details: stories, square footage and how much tree cover is overhead. A text with a photo of the house front works too, and we set the date from the calendar.
Not quite, but one visit covers both. The crew clears the trough and the outlets, then reports any hanger pulled loose or seam dripping, so the cleaning and maintenance happen in the same trip.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
