Our own crew cleans gutters in Woodburn, and every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave. Debris is hauled away, and you get photos of every run before the truck pulls out. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our Woodburn customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing this work on local houses long enough to know why those visits matter.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price their gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured, but the house decides more than the footage does.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than anything else. 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 roofline, so the back run is higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris that has compacted into a mat, and that takes time to clean out by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run, and a gutter system that has been left alone for years takes longer to clear than one we cleaned last season. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote, never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
When our crew opens a gutter on any of the Woodburn homes we price, the usual sign of trouble is a sag in the run, a clog at the elbow or clogged downspouts that never drain clean. Water that backs up behind the trough has nowhere to go, so poor drainage gets worse each season, the buildup grows until the water flow stops completely, and the fascia takes structural damage, and the board behind it can start to rot. We have pulled out the same kind of compacted mat from one customer's back run and from the next one's front run, and the cause was the same: nobody had opened the gutter in a long time. That is the work we are pricing, and it is why the quote can run higher when the gutters have been left alone.
Residential and commercial properties both get the same straight answer from us: we look at what is in the gutters, we measure the job, and we tell you the number before we start. Water away from the foundation is the goal, and the cleaning is priced to get there. We do not guess from the street.
| 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 residential properties in Woodburn book a regular gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall, usually November to early December, after the last leaves. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, even on gutters that looked clean from the ground. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on homes that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight by the time winter is over. Freeze season in Woodburn means ice dams can form at the eave when rainwater is still sitting in a full gutter, so fall is the visit that matters most here.
Under heavy tree cover, our cleanings settle into a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. A rain gutter that drains well through a dry summer can still clog within weeks once the trees start dropping twigs and needles. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the eave clear and the blockage from building up. Woodburn gets heavy rainfall, about 39.5 inches a year, and January, November and December are the wettest months, so a gutter cleaned in late fall has to carry the wettest stretch of the year. A clean gutter going into those months is worth more than a full one in the middle of winter.
Gutters with gutter guards still need cleaning and maintenance. We handle debris removal on top of the guard and check that water is still getting in, because a surface mat can keep the run from draining even when a guard looks clean and the trough looks empty. How often that happens depends on the trees and the guard, and we see it on the jobs.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, because whether you clean your gutters every spring or every fall, the lot decides it. Every house is different, and we would rather measure it once than guess from a calendar. Our gutter cleaning service starts with a look at the house. Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roof edge, and we will give you an estimate for your home.
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 Woodburn gutter cleaning crew has cleaned gutters across Woodburn or the towns around it, and we know how the roofs and runs differ from one part of town to the next. We cover the surrounding areas from our nearest base, so the trip is short and the schedule stays tight. Booking is simple. You tell us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we quote the job by phone or text. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the eave before we arrive.
The calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring, after the seed drop, and late fall, after the leaves come down. Book early if you want a date in those months. Every homeowner gets a call before we come, and Woodburn homeowners do not need to be home for exterior work, so the visit fits around the day. We flush every downspout on the visit and watch it run clear at the bottom. We leave the yard and landscape as clean as we found it.
Keeping gutters and downspouts clear is how you protect your home from water damage. Once a gutter is cleaned, it stays clean longer when the downspout drains well and the seams do not leak. If you want to keep your gutters clear between visits, the schedule we set after the first visit is where to begin, and our gutter services team will walk through it on the phone at (866) 435-6328.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our cleaning services in Woodburn are quoted by phone or text. We do not quote a range without seeing the job.
Gutter maintenance in Woodburn usually runs twice a year, and our customers book in late spring and in the fall, which usually lands in November to early December. If you wait past the leaf drop in fall, we often find the wet leaf mat has already started to sag the run before the first freeze.
Most slots come up within the week, and we can get your gutters on the schedule when you call. Ask us what is open the next time you book.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The ladder stands off the gutter lip, away from your home's siding. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed until it runs clean at the bottom, and that flush is part of our gutter cleaning process. If a downspout feeds an underground drain 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 is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs cleaning, usually less often, but the leaves and debris that sit on top of the guard still need clearing. On our jobs we find a surface mat that keeps the run from draining even when the trough looks clean.
A gutter that is clean and still spills during heavy rainfall has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. 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. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
