Our crew cleans gutters in The Dalles, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 shades the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our The Dalles customers book in spring and fall, and we are the crew that will be on your ladder.
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 sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number covers gutters and downspouts together and is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but every homeowner gets one number for the whole house, and cleaning services in The Dalles are quoted that way too.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care on the way down. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted debris that has to be dug, not blown, before the trough is clean. A run that has started to sag has to be checked for a loose hanger before anyone cleans it. Guards we have to lift, clean under and reseat add their own time. Heavy buildup in the elbow of a downspout gets cleared before we flush it, not after. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A leak at a seam is photographed and noted, and drainage work past the outlet is its own quote. If anything changes the job once we are up, such as a buried line that is backed up, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
The Dalles homes tend to show the same pattern: the gutters that clog fastest are the ones under trees, and the ones that cost the most time are the ones that went longest without a visit. Where our crew has worked here, the quote has moved on the same handful of things, and we tell you which of them applies to your house before we give a number. A trough that looks clean can still overflow if the downspout below it is stopped. The flow check, which watches the water flow from the trough to the outlet, is what shows the gutter is carrying water away from the house, and that check is part of the number. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the job quick and keeps the crew off a rain gutter run that is already holding water. Our work on commercial properties follows the same method for residential and commercial buildings, and we also clean residential properties on the same visit schedule, with the same photos and the same flat number.
| 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 The Dalles customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Oregon, the spring visit is usually in mid to late June and the fall visit in late October to November, depending on the lot. Both visits leave the gutters clean and the water moving freely, which is the reason to clean your gutters on this schedule instead of waiting for an overflow.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows and along the back of the trough, and clogged downspouts are the usual result. Buildup along the back of the trough is the first sign, a blockage at the downspout elbow is the second, and a seam that starts to leak is the third. In fall it is the leaf load, along with the leaves and debris that wash down with the first heavy rains, and on our winter jobs the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we find runs that sagged under the ice by midwinter. Where heavy rainfall comes in long wet stretches, a gutter that sits full of wet leaves starts to hold water before the rainwater even reaches the downspout, and the clog shows up as overflow at the roofline. We clean the run before that happens, and on every visit we flush every downspout before we pack up, so the water is leaving at the bottom. A gutter that stays full is how structural damage starts.
Under heavy tree cover, or a landscape that drops needles and grit onto the shingles, every three to four months is the schedule to keep your gutters clear, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is enough. Keeping the schedule is how you protect your home from water damage through a wet season, and two cleanings a year is the plan most of our customers keep. Guards cut how often the trough fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters go on a longer interval with the surface kept clean and checked each time. Our customers in The Dalles who have a tree at the back corner and one in the front yard tend to land on the shorter schedule; the ones with an open sky over the house do fine on two visits a year. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 across The Dalles or the surrounding areas, and cleans gutters on the houses in the neighborhoods we have worked before. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. We confirm a date when you call, and the crew calls before they come. A clean run is how we protect your home, because it moves the water away from your home instead of letting a twig or seed head hold it at the eave until it finds a leak. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our gutter services calendar fills for The Dalles homeowners in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call for those months, the more slots are open. Outside those windows there is usually room within a week or two. Most The Dalles homeowners book their cleanings in the same window every year, and that habit is what keeps the calendar predictable. If you have a date in mind for your The Dalles gutter cleaning, tell us when you call and we will check it against the crew schedule. Booking early is the easiest way to get your gutters cleaned on the date you want, and a gutter maintenance plan or a cleaning and maintenance visit on the same schedule as last year makes the next one easy to plan.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. Nothing on this page is a rate card, so call for the number on your house.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze in a freeze year, the fall run is often already holding ice, so the earlier visit gets a clean run and saves you a longer job.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
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.
Yes. Downspouts only help if they carry water away from your home, so we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drainage line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seed casings and grit, which mat on top and run off the front edge once they get wet. Guards help you clean your gutters less often, but they do not replace the visit. We clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
If a gutter that is clean still spills over, the cause is usually the pitch of the run, the downspout size or a leak at a seam, and a cleaning will not change any of those. Tell us what you are seeing, and a short clip of it raining is the most useful. We will say what it is, and we do not book a second cleaning to fix a pitch problem. Getting the pitch or the seam right keeps water off the fascia, where rot starts, and that is how you protect your home from water damage.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the number on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
