Our own crew cleans gutters around here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, 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 on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall.
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 how much buildup is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services are priced over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Homeowners can call (866) 435-6328 for that number and we will walk through the rest. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but a per-foot figure hides the things that actually drive the job. A photo of the front of the house is enough to firm up the estimate the same day.
On our jobs the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, which sits further off the ground than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that nobody has opened in years hold compacted leaves and debris, a clog that has to be worked loose by hand, not blown out, and the weight often makes a run sag. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and so do clogged downspouts that need flushing from both ends. A leak at a seam is a repair, and we flag it without selling it on the spot. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of our gutter services and are included in the price, never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are up, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. A gutter system that is also struggling with drainage at the foundation is a different job, and we say so before any work on it.
Here is what a Hillsboro gutter cleaning looks like on the ground, and what we have seen on local homes. On one job in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the back run had a leaf mat two inches deep and water was running behind the fascia at the low corner, which is the kind of thing a look from the driveway misses. We cleared it, we flush every downspout until the water runs clear at the bottom, and we checked the water flow at the outlet. Left alone, the standing water in a rain gutter is how structural damage starts at the fascia and soffit. Once the run came out clean, we photographed each run before the truck left. The number we gave on the phone was the number on the invoice. Ask us about your own house and we will tell you which of those things apply to it, and what it will take to get water away from the foundation and keep it there.
| 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 of our customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs in the spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows, and a pollen paste that holds rainwater along the back run. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have started to sag or pull loose from the fascia by the time winter is over. Rain here totals 42.2 inches a year, and January, November and December are the wettest months, so the fall visit lands in late October to November, just before the heavy rainfall starts. Across Oregon, atmospheric rivers make the worst of it, and gutters that are not clean give way fastest in them. Where the rainy season sets in hard, that wet mat is the first thing to clear before the rain comes.
How often a particular lot needs us depends on what is over it, and regular gutter cleaning is what keeps that schedule from slipping. Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because a single twig, a few needles and grit can pack the downspout between visits and the roofline never quite clears. Near a busy road, a construction site or a landscape with exposed dirt, the grit does the same thing, so those lots move to the shorter schedule too. A house with few or no trees around it, and clean gutters, is fine on a single visit in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared, because what sits on top of a guard does not wash through on its own. The same logic holds for residential properties and commercial properties, since a full trough overflows the same way on either.
A gutter that goes unchecked for a full year does not announce itself until it overflows, usually in the first heavy rain of the season. A clog at the elbow lets the water back up into the trough and over the edge, and that water finds the blockage at the bottom of the downspout, not the top. A gutter that backs up for a whole season can cause structural damage to the fascia and soffit. Booking a gutter cleaning service is the quickest way to keep your gutters on the schedule your lot actually needs. After the first visit the gutters come out clean and we tell you which tier your house falls into, and we put the reasons in the photos we send you.
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 covers Hillsboro or nearby, plus the surrounding areas. Clean gutters and downspouts protect your home from water damage, and the first step is a call. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and tell us roughly how many stories it has, the square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. A homeowner who calls gets the same questions and the same number, and it is the number we charge. Lead times depend on the season, and we will tell you the earliest date we can hold when you call. Booking our gutter services is as simple as picking a window that works for you.
The calendar fills in two busy stretches of the year, once in the spring and again in late October to November, which is when most homeowners in town look at their gutters. Cleanings are booked around the calendar, so the earlier you call, the better the date. If you can book ahead of those windows you get a date that suits your schedule, and a clean schedule means fewer surprises. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, because the crew stays outside and sends photos of every run to your phone before we leave. If your house already has gutter guards, tell us when you book, because the surface still gets cleared. Ask about the schedule that fits your lot, and we will set the next visit so the gutters never get ahead of you. The same calendar covers residential and commercial jobs.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. That is the first step in our gutter cleaning process, and it is the number we charge, with downspout flushing and haul-off included. Our cleaning services in Hillsboro work the same way, and nothing gets added once we are on the ladder unless you agree to it first.
Most of our customers book in late spring after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the leaves come down. Rain here totals 42.2 inches a year, and January, November and December are the wettest months, so waiting past the first hard frost lets the wet leaf mat start pulling runs loose before spring. Going into the wet months with clean troughs keeps the water moving. Book early to get your gutters done before the rain settles in.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If we can get to you sooner, we will say so on the phone.
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. Each ladder gets stand-offs that keep it away from your home and off the gutter lip.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch it until the water runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we price it before we touch it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs the guards stop leaves but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, and once that mat gets wet the water runs off the front edge. Guards help most under heavy tree cover or a landscape that drops needles, but they do not end gutter maintenance. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them, and a guarded gutter system still gets its downspout checked.
A clean gutter that still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem rather than a debris problem, and left alone that spill is how the fascia starts to rot. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. The same rule applies to every gutter cleaning across Hillsboro, and cleaning and maintenance visits are priced the same way.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
