Our crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the trough hauled clean, 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 sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Oregon most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we run the same check on every house we open.
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 in the gutter system. We quote gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and that estimate is the number we charge. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and the state of the trough count for more than the run length.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years where the leaves have packed down into a clog, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything we pull out are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Where a trough holds a sag or a seam is pulling and starting to leak, the buildup tells us before we reach the ladder top. A run with a visible sag often has water pooling in one low spot, and that slowed water flow is what turns a simple clean into a longer visit. We see the clog and the drainage problem together in the same run, so we price the two as one visit.
On the Hayesville homes we have cleaned, the quote moved most for homeowners when the clogged downspouts were packed at the elbow, which takes time to open and flush. Our cleaning services rarely fail at the trough; they fail where the water has to leave the house. A structural damage check at the fascia is part of the walk, and we photograph it, because a fascia board that has started to rot will not show from the ground. Where leaves and debris have sat through a wet season, the cleaning takes longer than the look of the gutter suggests.
Commercial properties follow the same logic at a larger scale, billed per building. For residential properties, the number on your phone is the number on your invoice, and the point of the clean is to keep water away from your home and the roofline before the next storm.
| 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, in the spring after seed and pollen drop and in the fall after the last leaves. In spring the seeds and pollen paste pack the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see a rain gutter run that has pulled loose by winter.
Rain here averages 43.1 inches a year, and heavy rainfall in January, November and December is where the clog forms fastest. Water that cannot leave the trough spills behind it, and the rainwater that backs up reaches the rafter ends before anyone notices. A gutter cleaning service that waits for the first visible overflow is late by one storm. The fascia and the roofline show the damage first, and that is the reason we check the back run on every visit.
Under heavy tree cover, or on a steep landscape near a busy road or a construction site, the blockage comes back every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Gutter guards cut the frequency, but we still clear the surface and check the outlet at each visit.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Residential and commercial buildings both follow the same tiers, and the calendar is set by what we find on the roof, not by a schedule we chose in advance. If you want to clean your gutters on a fixed date, we book that date and hold it.
For debris removal, we haul what comes out of the trough; we do not leave it on the lawn. Regular gutter cleaning is part of gutter maintenance, and on this schedule it keeps the work short and the bill predictable.
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 gutter services cover Hayesville or the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Hayesville gutter cleaning runs on the same routes as the neighborhoods we have already done. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we come back with a time window.
Calendars fill in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you book the more slots you have to choose from. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, so the clean can go ahead while you are at work. If you need to get your gutters cleared fast after a storm, tell us when you call and we will say what is open.
Homeowners who book their cleanings in the same window each year tend to keep their gutters working, which saves a phone call and keeps the crew on a route. A homeowner in a storm-prone area with a sagging run may need the visit sooner than the calendar suggests, and we will say so. The aim is to keep your gutters and downspouts moving water, to protect your home from water damage, and to put the job on a date that suits you.
Our routes reach the neighborhoods nearby, so a visit can be scheduled on the same day as a neighbor's when the crew is already close.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not put a figure on a page, because the same two-story house can run longer or shorter depending on what is in the trough. Call (866) 435-6328 with the square footage and whether the back run is over a walk-out basement, and we give you the number.
Most customers book in late spring and late fall, after the seeds drop and after the leaves are down. In Hayesville the fall visit runs November to early December, and across Oregon the spring visit lands in mid to late June. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the water has nowhere to go and we find sagging runs that were fine the season before. The spring and fall visit is the plan most houses on our route keep.
Most slots come up within the week across Hayesville, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day work, because the calendar fills in the busy windows and the crew needs the right ladder and lift for the house.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up. We send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the outlet. If water is not leaving through an underground drain line, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts it.
Yes. Guards keep the leaves off, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and pack the trough. Guarded gutters need less cleaning and maintenance than open ones, but we still clear the surface, leave the trough clean and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or a downspout size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. 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.
