Our own crew cleans gutters in McMinnville, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves 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 house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our McMinnville customers book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall are at their heaviest.
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 what is sitting in the gutters. We give you that figure over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the math, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. For residential and commercial jobs the same three things drive the number. Commercial properties get a phone call before we price the job, so we can ask about access to the top of the building and building height. Most of our work is on residential properties.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far above the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get to the trough. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the job, never billed as extras, and clean-up of the ground is included. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what drives the quote we see most. A house with clogged downspouts at the elbow usually needs the lower run flushed twice, because leaves and grit ride the first pass and then settle again. We have found buildup in gutters where the trough has begun to sag and holds a few inches of standing water, which is a sign that the drainage was already failing before we arrived. Water flow tests on those runs take longer, and that time is in the number we give you. On houses where the gutter has pulled from the fascia over several years, we tell you the structural damage is there and show you the photo, but we do not repair it. We clean the gutter and move water away from your home, and we report what we see.
Our crews have worked on a wide range of McMinnville homes. On one of our recent jobs, a home with heavy tree cover in its neighborhood took longer on the rear run because the downspout outlet was packed with needles and grit, and the crew flushed it until the water ran clean at the outlet. The quote came from the stories and the tree cover, and the final invoice matched it. The same is true across McMinnville: when a house sits under big trees, the work is in the downspout, and that is where we put the time.
| 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 McMinnville customers book regular gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs, when we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In late fall it is a wet leaf mat that sits in the trough and blocks water flow, and on homes that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the end of winter.
Under heavy tree cover, we see the same debris come back every few months, so those customers book every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Homes with few or no trees nearby usually need one cleaning a year in late fall, so that is the time to clean your gutters. A clean trough in spring does not tell you the downspouts are clear, which is why we flush them on every visit. If you have gutter guards, you still need the surface cleared, and we usually see those on a schedule closer to twice a year.
Heavy rainfall in McMinnville does not sit still for long, and in the wettest months, January, November and December, a clogged run still turns a rain gutter into a spillway, and the rainwater has nowhere to go but over the edge. A clog or blockage at the outlet will show up as water pouring over the front edge during the first heavy rain, and that is usually the first sign the gutter needs attention. Once a clog is in place, water backs up behind the trough and can rot the fascia board behind it. Catching it early is a small job; the rot it leaves behind is not. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. If you want a number before you book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will give you an estimate on the phone.
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 for McMinnville homeowners in McMinnville or the surrounding areas, and we cover the whole area from the nearest base without fuss. Booking a gutter cleaning service is simple: you tell us your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the gutters, and we price the job by phone or text. The fastest way to start is to call (866) 435-6328. If you are looking for cleaning services in McMinnville, the estimate is the first step. Here is the gutter cleaning process: you call, we price it, the crew comes out, and the photos go to your phone. A photo of the house front helps us see the eave, but it is not required. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when seed and leaf drop are heaviest. Most of our cleanings are booked in those windows. If you can book outside those windows you will usually find an earlier slot. We do not promise same-day service, but we will tell you the first open date when you call. For a homeowner, the easiest way to protect your home from water damage through the wet season is to get your gutters done in early fall. A clean run going into the wet season is what you are paying for.
Gutters and downspout runs are the part of the house most people forget until something overflows, and in a wooded landscape they fill fastest. Our crew treats the whole gutter system as one job, so cleaning and maintenance cover the gutter, the downspout and the outlet below, and a clean trough does not hide a blocked run. A twig jammed in the elbow can stop a run as completely as a full trough, so on every visit we flush every downspout and check where it drains. If you have questions about gutter maintenance or other gutter services, ask when you call and we will tell you what we do and what we do not.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. A homeowner gets it by phone or text before we come out, and the quote is the same number that goes on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. In spring we find the seed and pollen packed into the elbows, and in late fall the wet leaf mat blocks the trough, so a fall visit helps keep your gutters draining through winter.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call, so we do not promise same-day. If you need a visit quickly, tell us when you call and we will check what is open.
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, and that is the whole list.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked to see that water leaves at the outlet. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we confirm that water is leaving the outlet, but clearing a buried line is a separate job and is agreed on before anyone touches it.
Yes. Under guards we still find seed casings, pollen and roof grit sitting on the surface, and the guard can hold a wet mat that stops water from getting in. A house in a wooded landscape usually has the most of it. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush every downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The price you were given is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
