Our own crew cleans gutters in Salt Lake City, flushes every downspout and flow-tests it, hauls it away and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how many trees hang over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the same schedule every time.
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 size and how much buildup is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and that estimate is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but we find a whole-house quote is easier to check against what we see on site. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted this way across Salt Lake City, and every quote covers the whole job.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof pitched too steep to walk safely takes the most time. 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 driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we look at a lot in Salt Lake City homes, the first thing we check is water flow at the downspout, meaning whether water is leaving the gutter at all. A run that holds water between cleanings is usually a blockage, and a run that sags or pulls loose is a support problem we photograph and report. Standing water left in a run can turn into rot in the fascia, and that is structural damage, which costs far more than the cleaning. We do not sell repairs from the ladder. When the crew finds a clog in an elbow, we clear it and flush the line until water runs clear at the bottom. We clean the rain gutter from end to end, and a gutter system with good drainage moves water away from the foundation, which is the whole point of the visit. Clogged downspouts are the most common reason a gutter that was just cleaned still overflows in a storm, and we check those first.
| 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, spring visits fall in late May to June, after the seeds and pollen drop. In Salt Lake City UT, the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves come down and ahead of freezing weather, and a clean gutter going into winter is the goal. In spring we find seeds, seed casings, a twig or two and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat along the roofline, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sagged under ice before spring. A hidden clog at the downspout is where most of the trouble starts.
Under heavy tree cover, the gutter fills faster, so those customers need a gutter cleaning service more often, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps those lots moving. Monsoon storms are the other test: across Utah, a monsoon puts down heavy rainfall in an hour on a gutter that has been dry for weeks, and that is when a blocked elbow or a seam leak shows up. The spill from the front edge lands in the landscape beds. Lots on residential properties with few or no trees run on a slower schedule. Gutter guards still need the surface cleared, so we book those less often but still check the run underneath.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and the schedule follows from what we found. Regular gutter maintenance keeps the visits short and keeps the surprises off the invoice. Keep your gutters clean between storms and the rainwater keeps moving; leave the gutters alone for a long stretch and the next storm finds the gap.
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 covers this area and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so the question on most calls is how soon we can get a slot. Book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text to get your gutters on the calendar. Give us the stories, a rough size, whether trees hang over the house and whether you have gutter guards, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Lead time is posted on the booking page, and when we call back we confirm the date. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so those are the times to book early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Keep the side gate unlocked and the cars off the drive if runs face it, and that is the whole job on your end. Salt Lake City gutter cleaning runs the same way for every customer: we clean gutters and downspouts for residential and commercial customers, and commercial properties with long gutter runs are quoted with the same method. Every homeowner gets the same photos and quote terms, and the price quoted to homeowners is the price on the invoice. Our gutter services run on the same route each season, so a regular customer can rely on the schedule. Protect your home from water damage by booking now, and if you want the gutters kept clean, text us a photo of them, twig and seed mat included, and we tell you what they need.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. We give it to you by phone or text, and it is the number on your invoice. We do not quote a range without those three things.
Across Utah, spring visits fall in late May to June. In Salt Lake City UT the fall visit runs November to early December, and if you wait past it, the wet leaf mat and first ice are what we find, and runs can sag under the weight before spring.
Lead time changes with the season, so we cannot promise a same-day slot. Our cleaning services in Salt Lake City are booked by phone at (866) 435-6328, and when you call we confirm the date. If a same-day opening exists, we tell you before 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. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout as part of our gutter cleaning process, and each one is flow-tested so we can see water leave at the bottom. If a line runs underground, we check that it drains at the outlet, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs we find pollen and grit on top of the guard and needles underneath, so we clear the surface, check the run and reseat the guards. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often, and the check keeps water moving away from your home.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we 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 they start. The price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
