Our own crew cleans gutters in Cottage Grove, with every downspout flushed and checked for water flow, the 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 hangs over the roof, 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 the instant estimator above takes about a minute to fill in.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Cottage Grove homes 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. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run count is added up.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk needs a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape puts the back run higher off the ground than the front suggests. Gutters that nobody has opened in years hold packed leaves, twig and grit and take longer to clean, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, the site is left clean, and none of it is billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, not on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on one of our jobs. A home with two stories and a full run of gutters, packed with seed and leaves, took longer than the front suggested because the back run ran along a sloped side yard and the downspout was blocked at the elbow. We flushed each downspout until water ran clear at the bottom, photographed every run so the homeowner could see how clean the trough was, and told the homeowner about the sagging section before we left so it could be fixed by someone else. A gutter clog like that is how drainage problems start, and clearing it early keeps the buildup from becoming a bigger job.
Our crew handles residential and commercial work, so it knows the difference between a house with a few leafy trees and commercial properties with flat roofs and internal drains. Whichever you have, the goal is the same: water leaves the roof and runs away from the foundation. Most residential properties book a spring and fall visit, and if you want regular gutter cleaning or just need to clean your gutters once, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for a written estimate today.
| 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 Oregon, most of our customers book twice a year: once in mid to late June, after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. On our jobs, the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the fall visit finds a wet leaf mat that holds rainwater and slows every downspout down.
Our crews find that a clog left alone from spring can turn into a blockage by fall, and a roofline that holds leaves all season, and is not kept clean, sends rainwater over the edge in heavy rainfall. On houses that skip the fall visit, runs can sag and leak before the next spring. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, the schedule shortens to a visit every few months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to protect your home from water damage.
Homes with gutter guards still need attention, though less often, and we keep the surface clean on each visit. We keep your gutters clean and working because that is what the whole service is for, and we will flush every downspout so water moves away from the foundation. Most homes in Cottage Grove or surrounding areas fall into one of these tiers. After the first visit we tell you which one your lot needs, and our gutter services check the gutters and downspouts against that schedule from then on.
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.
Cottage Grove gutter cleaning is handled by our own crew, start to finish. Homeowners book our gutter services by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting with their stories, a rough square footage, and whether trees hang over the house. If it is easy, text a photo of the front of the house, because it tells us a lot about the roofline and the run lengths before anyone climbs up.
Lead times depend on the season. The busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills, so booking early keeps your slot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. For a homeowner who wants the process explained before a date is picked, we walk through it on the phone. Recurring customers get the same crew for every one of their cleanings, so cleaning and maintenance stay on one schedule and the crew learns your gutter system.
Gutter maintenance is simpler when the schedule is set in advance, and a clean gutter line keeps the water away from your home. If the gutter cleaning process is clear and the date is on the calendar, the work goes faster. Ask for a written estimate, book a date, and get your gutters on the schedule before the rain.
The number comes from your stories and your home's size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the stories, square footage and what is in the gutters decide the price, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat and the first freeze can leave clogged downspouts and runs that sag before spring, and that sag and rot can turn into structural damage.
Most slots come up within the week for our cleaning services in Cottage Grove, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because it depends on the calendar and the weather.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, clears leaves and debris from every run, leaves the yard clean, and does not come inside. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout we service across Cottage Grove is flushed and flow-tested until water runs clear at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guards, and the surface still has to be kept clean for water to reach the gutter.
A rain gutter that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or downspout-size problem rather than a blockage. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning for a slope issue.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
