Our own crew cleans gutters in Roy UT from the first run to the last elbow. We flush every downspout and flow-test it before we leave, so you get a clean run and not just an empty trough. Debris is hauled off, not blown across the lawn, and you get photos of every run on your phone. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule across Utah for years.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services 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 by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather you know the full figure before a ladder goes up.
On our jobs, a few things push the quote up. 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 gutter line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with leaves and debris that has compacted, and a gutter that is packed takes longer to clear than one that is simply full. One clog at the elbow cuts water flow to the downspout faster than a full trough does. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Roy homes, when water pours over the edge in rain, a blockage at the elbow is usually the cause. The crew clears the run, flushes the downspout until it runs clear at the bottom, and checks the slope so we can tell you whether the sag is the problem. Clogged downspouts are one of the first things we check, and that kind of drainage problem is part of every visit. Roy homeowners who have had us out before find that the second visit is quicker because the buildup is lighter, and that is the reason we price the first visit as a full clean.
Commercial properties follow the same logic with more flow, and residential properties with a smaller gutter run are quicker to finish. Our crew handles residential and commercial buildings the same way. Either way, you get the same photos of every run, and we flush every downspout so the water away from your home is confirmed, not assumed. If we find anything beyond cleaning, such as structural damage or a hanger pulled loose, we photograph it and report it. We do not sell it on the spot.
| 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 Utah, most gutter cleaning service customers book twice a year, in spring and fall, and spring visits land in late May to June. In Roy UT the fall visit usually falls in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Those two visits are when we clean your gutters through the seasons that matter here, and we run the same schedule for residential and commercial buildings.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the elbows, and a blockage there is what sends water over the edge. In fall it is the leaf mat, and if freezing weather is coming, the first ice and the ice dams that form at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March because the water had nowhere to go over the winter. Snow comes through this part of Utah in the winter months, and the wettest stretch runs March through May with heavy rainfall, so a clear gutter along the roofline in November is what keeps the melt and rainwater moving off the house instead of backing up under the shingles.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits faster than a twice-a-year clean can catch them. Near a busy road or a construction site the same applies. Residential properties with a bare landscape and few or no trees are usually fine once a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the frequency, but they do not remove the need for cleaning and maintenance, so we still clean them, just less often. Debris removal is included on every visit, whatever the schedule.
On a lot under trees, needles clog the drains faster than the gutters fill. After the first visit we give you an estimate of which gutter maintenance tier your lot needs, based on what we find in the gutter, not on a general rule.
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.
The crew works across Roy and the surrounding areas, so you do not need to be in a particular part of town to book. Roy gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the square footage and whether trees hang over the roof; a photo of the house front is helpful if it is easy to send. Every homeowner gets that quote before a date is set. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm a date when you call at (866) 435-6328 so you know exactly when the crew is coming. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so the fastest way to get your gutters on the schedule is to book early in those months.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, which means you can keep your schedule and leave the side gate unlocked. Our gutter services include gutter guards upkeep, which is covered in the season section. On every visit the crew pulls out any twig caught in the trough, checks the gutters and downspouts for sag, and flushes every downspout before leaving, so the only thing to decide here is when you want the crew on the ladder. Keep your gutters clear with regular cleanings through the year and you will not have to call us for a leak in the middle of a storm. That routine is how you protect your home from water damage.
The number for a gutter cleaning service comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing the house, because the same two-story can come in lower or higher depending on how much gutter maintenance it needs.
Across Utah, spring visits land in late May to June, and fall visits fall in late October to November, after the leaves come down. In Roy, if you wait past November on a house with trees, the first hard freeze can lock in the buildup, so clean your gutters before then.
We offer cleaning services across Roy on a schedule that follows the season. Confirm a date when you call at (866) 435-6328, and call early in late spring or late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so you can get your gutters on the schedule.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process runs the same way either way: our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush the outlet of every run and watch it until the water runs clear and away from your home. Where a line runs underground, 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 attention, though less often. On our jobs we find seed casings, pollen and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. Trees and the landscape around the house decide how much of it builds up, so the cleaning and maintenance covers the surface and checks that water is still getting in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size, not debris. Water left running over the edge can rot the fascia board, so 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.
It should not. The quote we give you covers what we expect to find, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
