Our own crew cleans gutters in Gallup, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New Mexico, most of our customers book for the spring and fall visits, and we keep the same crew on the ladder for every one of them.
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. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured, but on our jobs the stories and the amount packed in the gutters do most of the work. The same three things set the number for residential properties and commercial properties alike.
Here is what we find drives a quote up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means the crew sets a boom or scissor lift and the job takes longer. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above where the ladder would normally reach. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down with compacted leaves, grit and buildup, and that takes time to clear by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add another step to every run. We flush every downspout, flow test it and haul off the debris, and all of that is included for any gutter system we clean and never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
We have seen this with Gallup homeowners, where a clog had been building for two seasons and the seeds and leaves had packed the elbows, so water was running over the front edge instead of out the bottom. On one Gallup job the sag at the back run was the reason the water was spilling, and the fix started with clearing the blockage and flushing every downspout until the water flow ran clear, with the photos sent before we left. A house with structural damage from a long-running overflow is a different conversation, and we tell you that plainly. Good drainage that moves water away from your home is the goal, and a clean rain gutter is what gets it there. The number is set before the crew climbs, and it holds.
| 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.
On our Gallup jobs most customers book two cleanings a year, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in fall after the last leaves come down, so clean your gutters at both ends of the season. Across New Mexico, the spring visit runs late May to June, and when we open a gutter then we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is leaves, the odd twig and debris gone wet and matted in the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight, with the wood behind them starting to rot, by the time winter has passed. Snow and ice make that worse, and a gutter that was not clean before the freeze has nowhere to put the rainwater and meltwater.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see holding up, because grit packs the gutters and clogged downspouts between visits, and a clog can form quickly. A landscape with few or no trees around the house usually needs only one visit, once a year in late fall, and that is enough for most lots. Homes near a busy road or active construction also fall into the shorter interval, since the dust and grit settle into the gutters faster than leaves do, and a clean gutter does not stay clean for long. Guards help, but they shorten the gutter maintenance rather than end it, so the surface still gets cleared on the same schedule.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutters and how the downspouts were running. That first visit also gives us a clean baseline to compare against, and from there it is cleaning and maintenance on a set calendar. Booking a regular gutter cleaning service means the crew knows the lot before the next visit, and nothing gets missed. The same tiers work for residential and commercial jobs.
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.
We clean across Gallup NM from the nearest base, and the neighborhoods we have worked include those our Gallup jobs have touched, which we name when we quote you. The gutter cleaning process starts with one message. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us to get your gutters on the schedule, tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We give you a quote from that information, and we confirm a date when we talk. Lead time depends on how full the calendar is, and the two busiest stretches are spring and fall, so it is worth calling early in those months.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If your gutter overflows or you have a small leak showing up at the eave, text a photo of it and we will tell you what we see and what the visit would cover. The simplest way to protect your home from water damage is to keep your gutters clear, and our crew handles gutter services and downspouts in the same visit. Our quote includes debris removal, and the crew leaves the yard clean. We cover the surrounding areas the same way, and if you have a question about whether a regular schedule suits your lot, ask when you call. If you are a homeowner shopping for cleaning services in Gallup, ask every company for the same two things: a number on the phone and photos before they leave.
The number for a Gallup gutter cleaning comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure here because the same two-story house can come in lower or higher depending on how much is packed in the gutters.
Across New Mexico, the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seed drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the leaves are down. Wait past fall and the wet leaf mat, plus the freeze risk here, make the cleaning longer and the runs more likely to have sagged.
Same-day slots are not something we promise. Most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and 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 flow-test it, and a clean outlet tells us water is leaving where it should. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out but seed casings and grit still get through and mat on top, which is why we still clean the surface. We check underneath too, and we reseat the guards when we are done.
A gutter system that is clean and still spilling over the front edge during heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. 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.
The number we quote is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after. If you want the number first, call (866) 435-6328 and we will give it to you from the stories and the size of the house.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
