Our crew handles St. Helens gutter cleaning, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the cleanup hauled away, 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 is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our St. Helens customers book with us in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule on local jobs for years. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date.
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 gutters. We price gutter cleaning services from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. The same three questions cover residential and commercial properties, so the start is the same for both. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the total is what counts on the invoice.
On our jobs, the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and debris, and a clog that old takes longer than a light cleaning. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add time on the ladder. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on St. Helens homes. On one job in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the gutters were full of seeds and leaves, and two clogged downspouts were jammed at the elbows, one with a twig wedged inside. The crew cleared the runs, left them clean, flushed every downspout, and confirmed the water was leaving at the outlet before packing up. The quote moved because of the tree cover and the time it took to clear the buildup. That is how most prices shift for us: the house and the trees, not a rate card.
Under a sag, or a rain gutter that has pulled loose, drainage stalls and water flow can slow down, pushing water away from where it belongs. A sag left alone can turn into structural damage, so when we find one we photograph it and put it in the report. The gutter system tells you where to look, and the crew does not sell repairs from the ladder. We clean what we can clean, and we tell you what we see.
Want a number for your house? Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters, and we will give you the price before we book a 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.
Across Oregon, the two visits that matter are mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and late October to November, after the last leaves. Our St. Helens customers book those spring and fall windows, and that is the time to clean your gutters so rainwater keeps moving off the roofline. A regular gutter cleaning service in those windows catches the buildup before it hardens. When we open a gutter here in June we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs sagging by the time winter is in full swing.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that works. Needles and grit pack the elbows between visits, and debris removal on each visit clears them before they set. A blockage that starts small becomes a full clog by the next season. Residential properties with few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall. If you have guards, plan on less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing, because the grit and seed casings sit on top of the guard, not under it.
After the first visit we give you an estimate of which tier your lot actually needs, and how often to clean your gutters. Trees, roof pitch and how the water runs off the house all change the answer, and we would rather measure it on your house than guess from a schedule.
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 cleans gutters across St. Helens or the surrounding areas, from the older homes near the river to the newer subdivisions on the hills, and we know the houses in the neighborhoods where we have worked the most. Booking for our gutter services starts with a quote by phone or text. Give us the stories, the rough square footage, whether there are gutter guards, and whether trees hang over the house, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. We call before we come to clean, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters to book a date.
Our calendar fills with cleanings in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early keeps your slot. The lead time you can expect is confirmed when you call. We would rather give you an honest date than a promise we cannot keep, and we confirm the date in writing once it is set. If your gutters are already overflowing, tell us on the call so we can fit you in and get them clean before the next storm.
We work hard to protect your home from water damage, and a regular visit is the cheapest way for a St. Helens homeowner to keep water away from the foundation. Keep your gutters and downspouts running, flush every downspout on each visit, and any overflow or leak gets caught before it causes rot and staining.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We quote your house, not a standard price, and that is how we price every one of our cleaning services in St. Helens. Once we have the stories and the square footage, the price is set and it is the price on your invoice.
Most of our customers here book in mid to late June and again in late October or November. Across Oregon, those are the two windows that matter most, and they are the core of our gutter maintenance here. If you wait past the fall visit, the leaf mat sets and we find runs that have started to sag by winter, especially on homes that skipped the previous visit.
We confirm the lead time when you call, and most slots come up within the week. If heavy rainfall has already sent water over the edge, say so on the call and we will look for the earliest slot. We will tell you the earliest date we can clean your gutters, and we will confirm the date in writing. Get your gutters on the schedule before the fall rush.
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. Leaves and grit go into bags and stay away from your home until they are hauled. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we confirm the water is leaving at the outlet, and the runs are left clean. This is part of our gutter cleaning process on every visit. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over the front edge. We clear the surface, flush every downspout and reseat the guards on every visit. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, but they do not end it.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, or a landscape that drains toward the house, and cleaning will not fix either. St. Helens homeowners can 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 for a slope problem.
The price changes only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. All 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.
