Our own crew does the work in Payson: we clean out every run, flush the water through, haul the leaves away, and send photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been on these roofs through both seasons across Utah.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. We give the estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price a rain gutter by the linear foot land in a similar place, though that method hides the height and access that actually drive the time on a roof.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years carry compacted sludge that takes longer to clean out, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Poor drainage at the joints adds time too, since the crew has to trace where the water stops. Flushing, water flow checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, homeowners with the heaviest tree cover tend to show the most leaves and debris in the troughs by late fall, and the crew adjusts the time to match. One customer with two stories and a heavy tree canopy had clogged downspouts pushing water back toward the eave; the crew cleared them and checked the flow to confirm water away from the foundation. Another job on a single-story roof with few trees needed a single pass, with no structural damage found. Those are the things that set the number, and we tell you which of them applies to your house on the phone.
If the gutter is sagging or the runs show buildup at the joints, we photograph it and note it in the report so you know what is there. Nothing is sold on the ladder.
| 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.
Our Payson UT customers usually book two cleanings a year. Across Utah, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in October to early November, after the last leaves come down. Regular gutter cleaning in both windows keeps the runs clean. When we open a gutter here in May, we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sag under the first ice and fascia that has started to rot. A winter with freeze-thaw cycles turns a partial clog into ice dams at the eave, where rainwater backs up and freezes, and that is the real reason the fall visit matters here. Across Utah, a storm can drop heavy rainfall in an hour onto a gutter that has sat through a long dry stretch.
Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit build up in the runs faster, so we may suggest a visit between the two windows. A lot with few trees and bare landscape can usually go once a year at the fall visit. Gutter guards reduce the work but do not remove it, so guarded gutters still need a clean with the surface cleared. Whether you clean your gutters yourself or book us, the elbows at the eave are where the trouble starts. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the cleaning and maintenance schedule follows from that.
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 and downspouts on Payson homes and works across Payson and the surrounding areas, starting from the nearest base to keep travel short. Calls about residential and commercial work go to the same line, and owners of commercial properties hear on the first call whether the building fits the crew. On residential properties we have cleaned on the east and north sides of town, where the lots tend to have more tree cover. Booking a Payson gutter cleaning service starts with a quote from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when most homeowners want the gutters done before the season changes.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get your gutters on the schedule, and we can usually tell you the tier and the rough timing the same day. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit: call, clean, flush every downspout, check, photograph. Our gutter services are built to protect your home from water damage before the rains and snow arrive, and to keep water away from your home. Each homeowner gets the photos on the same day. A leak at a joint or a loose hanger gets reported, not hidden. The crew works to keep your gutters clear all year.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. The figure we quote is the figure we charge, and flushing and haul-off are already in it.
Across Utah, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in October to early November. Most of our customers book both. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we find ice in the runs and sometimes sagging sections that were fine in the fall.
Our cleaning services in Payson run on the calendar, so most slots come up within the week. Call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the date when you call, and same-day depends on what is open that day.
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, every run is flushed and checked for flow. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guards still need gutter maintenance, though usually less often. On our jobs under guards we find needles, a twig, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing the gutter system underneath, so the surface still gets cleared.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, it is a slope or outlet-size problem, not a clog. Send us a video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the number we quoted.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
