Our own crew cleans gutters in Keizer, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, 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 we work the same way on every house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Keizer homes vary a lot, so the price depends on stories, square footage and what is 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. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the total still turns on the house, not the rate card. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, from stories, size and what is in the gutters.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris that has compacted, and a clog that deep is slower than a surface leaf load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how a Keizer house usually plays out. A rain gutter that has not been cleared in a season holds a clog at the elbow, and during heavy rainfall the water sits in the trough until it runs over the front edge. Left alone, that water causes structural damage to the fascia and soffit, and the drainage problem only gets worse. When we clear it, we check that the water flow reaches the downspout exit and carries the water away from your home, not into the landscape beds at the foundation. Most jobs go quickly, but a house with a sag in one run or buildup in the back valley takes more care.
We keep the quote honest by looking at the whole roofline before we say a number. On a house with a clogged downspout and a sag, the price reflects both the cleaning and the check on the hanger that is pulling loose, which we photograph and report rather than sell you a repair. The estimate you get by phone is built to cover that work.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number before we book the date.
| 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 spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in late spring, we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, even on a house whose gutters were clean the fall before. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag before the January rains are over.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm our customers settle into, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and a clog can start within a season. On residential properties with few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Near a busy road or a construction site, residential and commercial lots need the schedule pushed closer, since the grit adds up fast. The same goes for a Keizer or edge-of-town lot with a gravel drive, since dust settles in the trough too.
A gutter that is clean in spring can still carry a leaf load through the fall rain, which is why the fall visit matters even on a light lot. In the wet months, a blockage at the downspout backs rainwater up until it stands against the roofline and stays there until the next crew comes out. Regular gutter maintenance is the cheapest way to avoid rot in the fascia and the leak that follows it, and it is much easier than dealing with the damage later. Our crew books the visit once the leaves have dropped and the water is running freely again.
After the first visit, we tell you how often you should clean your gutters and which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to set up the first visit, or ask for a written estimate for our gutter cleaning service, with a regular gutter cleaning schedule that covers cleaning and maintenance.
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 have cleaned gutters on many houses here, and the crew covers the city from the nearest base without ever leaving a house out of the schedule. Our process starts with a quote by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy. A homeowner gets that call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when the seeds, pollen and leaves come down together. Homeowners who book early in those windows keep the date they want, since keizer gutter cleaning fills fastest then. Outside them, a clean date usually comes sooner, and we confirm the day when you call.
The gutters are the whole job on a residential visit. On a house with gutter guards, the panels lift, the trough is cleared underneath, and the guards go back on. We flush every downspout, and clear the valleys and the area above the gutter line so the next rain does not refill what we just emptied. Our cleanings cover every run and outlet, so a twig lodged in an elbow gets pulled before we leave. Keep your gutters clean, because clean gutters protect your home from water damage at the eave, the fascia and the foundation, which is why we keep the schedule tight on heavy-tree lots. If you are not sure which tier fits your house, the first visit answers that.
Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we will tell you when the crew can be at your house. Our crew covers the surrounding areas for gutter services, and we are glad to talk through the schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it by phone or text. We do not give a figure in this answer because the house decides it. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and you get the price before we book.
Most of our customers across Keizer book in late spring, after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, the wet mat can sit in the trough through the first rains and start to rot the fascia. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the spring and fall dates.
Our cleaning services in Keizer usually have a slot within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day visits depend on the calendar, so we do not promise them in advance. If your gutters are overflowing now, tell us when you call and we will look at what we can move.
No, you do not need to be home. 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, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find needles from nearby trees threaded through the guard, seed casings and pollen mat on top, and grit settled underneath, and once that mat is wet the rain runs off the front edge. On a gutter system like that we lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the downspout and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote you get by phone covers the work we can see from the description, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after. The balance is charged once the job is finished and the photos are on your phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
