Our crew cleans gutters in Gladstone, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Oregon, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest on the ground.
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 at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the stories and tree cover decide most of it.
What moves a quote on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with old leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat to get at the run beneath. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
The gutters that cost the most to clear are the ones that have been left alone. Our crew clears the gutter and the clog at the elbow, then runs water through each downspout until it comes out clean at the bottom, so we can see whether the water flow is clear and the drainage is moving water away from the foundation. Where the buildup is heavy, the leaves and debris come out in bags, not a wet slurry blown onto the lawn. That is the work the number covers. A sag or a rot line at the fascia can point to structural damage, and that is why gladstone homes with one often need more time than the photo suggested.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on houses with long runs and steep pitches, and on the houses with clogged downspouts, where the rain gutter was full enough that water had started to run over the front edge. On those jobs the number went up because the crew had to bring a boom or scissor lift to reach the back run, and that was in the price before we touched the ladder. We tell you that on the phone, not after. The point of the number is that it holds: no new line items once the crew is up top.
Our cleaning services in gladstone are priced the same way, from the house you have, not a template. Gladstone gutter cleaning services work that way too. We clean residential and commercial gutters, and commercial properties with long runs get the same pricing method, built from the building in front of us. If the back run needs a lift, we say so when you call and tell you what the lift adds, so there is no surprise on the invoice when the job is done and the water is running away from your home again.
| 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 gladstone homeowners book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. The timing shifts with the weather. Across Oregon the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and that is when we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. A late November visit finds a wet leaf mat that rainwater has been sitting in.
On houses where freezing weather is a real risk, the fall visit is the one that matters most. The first ice builds up at the eave, where any blockage holds water back, and water that cannot drain freezes into an ice dam that lifts the shingles from underneath. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by January. Across Oregon, atmospheric rivers bring heavy rainfall. Where freezing is not much of a factor, the fall cleaning is about clearing the wet leaf mat before the rainy season, so the water has a clear path to the downspout when the heavy rainfall starts.
How often depends on the tree cover. Under heavy trees, the needles and grit pack the elbows between visits, and our customers there are on a schedule of every three to four months. For residential properties with few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters still need the top kept clean, but less often than open ones. Most houses land on twice a year, but a lot near a busy road or construction is on the shorter schedule because the grit builds up faster.
Our crew has cleaned the same Gladstone gutters over several seasons, and the photos from each visit show how fast the buildup returns. That tells us more about the right interval than any general rule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we book the next one before we leave, so the gutter cleaning service keeps the gutters clean without you remembering to call. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule that fits the house, ask for the estimate by phone or text and we will set it up.
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 works across Gladstone and the surrounding areas. Whether the house is in gladstone or just outside the city limits, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline and the back of the house. From the photo, the number of stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the house, we give you a quote over the phone. If the house is easy to photograph, a clean picture of the front is enough to start.
Lead times depend on the season. The two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the seeds and leaves are heaviest and most people think about the gutter at the same time. Outside those windows the calendar opens up, and we can usually book a slot within the next few weeks. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning, though the side gate needs to be open.
We cover the gutter guards on houses where they were installed, clearing the surface and checking the run underneath, and we flush every downspout until the water runs clean. The gutters and downspouts are checked as one system, so a clean run means little if the outlet is blocked. To keep your gutters doing their job, the whole gutter system has to move rainwater away from the house and protect your home from water damage. For the same reason we tell you about any sag, leak or loose hanger we find, so you can decide what to do next.
If you are a homeowner in Gladstone and your gutters are full, or you are not sure when they were last cleaned, text us the photo and we will tell you what we see. Our gutter services are built around regular gutter cleaning, with the cleanings spaced to the tree cover, so the buildup never gets far enough to become a real problem for the house. If you want to get your gutters back on track, that is where to start.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much material is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here because it depends on the house. Once you give us those three things, the number we give is the number we charge.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit on a house that sees freezing weather, we usually find the ice and the sagging runs by January. Tell us when you call and we will give you the right month for your lot.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need the gutters cleared quickly because water is coming over the edge, say so and we will look for the earliest opening.
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. Our gutter cleaning process includes flushing every downspout and checking that the water is leaving at the outlet, so the landscape around the foundation stays dry. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line and the water is not getting out, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Guards stop leaves and the odd twig, but not the needles, seed casings and grit that sit on top of them. Our crew clears the surface, leaves the run beneath clean and confirms the water flows, which is regular gutter maintenance on a guarded house. Guards cut the cleaning and maintenance, but they do not remove it.
If a gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually the slope or the downspout size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning to fix a slope problem.
No. If something changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it first. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
