Our own crew cleans gutters in South Salt Lake UT, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. A clean gutter helps protect your home from water damage, and it starts with one call to (866) 435-6328. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners here book in spring and fall, and we have been on those roofs season after season.
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 in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning process starts with those three things, and the gutter system is quoted as one job, not run by run. We quote it over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but the per-foot math hides the things that actually change the job on a house. We quote cleaning services in South Salt Lake the same way for every house, so the number is set before the crew climbs.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the back run, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat. One twig jammed in a downspout elbow backs the whole run up, so we check drainage at every outlet. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal leave the downspout clean and are included, never billed as extras. A downspout that dumps water at the foundation sends rainwater back toward the house, so we check that every outlet carries water away from your home. If something we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When a homeowner calls about a gutter that has not had a clean in a while, the first question we ask is how long it has been since anyone opened it. That answer tells us more than the square footage. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and we can usually tell you whether the quote is straightforward or whether the crew needs to plan for height and packed leaves. Regular gutter maintenance between cleanings means the crew finds a light load instead of a packed one.
On a South Salt Lake job we cleaned recently, the quote moved because the house was two stories with a steep back roof and a heavy canopy of trees over the eaves. The crew found the leaf mat packed two inches deep and the downspout elbows full of seed casings. The price we gave on the phone was the price on the invoice, and the photos of every run were on the homeowner's phone before the truck left the street. That is the pattern: the house tells us what the job is, and we say so before we start. Once the rain gutter was clean, the crew checked the outlet and the water ran straight out.
Gutter guards add a step, because we lift each panel, clean underneath and reseat it, which takes longer than an open run. Tell us about guards when you call to get your gutters quoted, not after we are on the ladder. Every one of our gutter services starts with the same quote, whatever the house. If we see structural damage on a fascia board, we photograph it and tell you, and we do not sell the fix on the spot. Nothing we quote is a surprise, and nothing we find is hidden in the total. A leak at a seam gets the same treatment: we tell you before anything changes.
| 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 customers book twice a year. Across Utah, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down. The spring visit clears the seed and pollen the trees shed, and the fall visit gives the gutters a clean run before the cold sets in.
In spring, when we open a gutter here, we find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into clogged downspouts that form a clog at the elbow. In fall it is the leaves and debris, the wet mat that forms along the bottom of the trough. In a freeze-belt city that is the visit that matters most, because a run left full over winter becomes ice, the ice backs up under the eave, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged and fascia that has started to rot by March.
The tiers, as we see them on the lots we clean: twice a year is enough to keep your gutters clear on most houses. Under heavy tree cover, on a lot with a dense landscape, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see the gutters every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. 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 neglected run shows itself. Lots with few or no trees can get by with one of our cleanings a year, in late fall. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because mat that sits on top of a guard still holds water.
Example: one customer with no trees on the lot books once a year, in late fall, and the run stays clean through the winter. A second customer, under heavy trees on the north side of the lot, is on every three to four months, and the downspout is the first thing we check on every visit. The schedule follows the lot, not a calendar rule.
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 cleans gutters and downspouts across South Salt Lake, and our gutter cleaning services run from the nearest base to keep the trip short. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using your stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps us see height and access, and it takes less than a minute to send. We flush every downspout and check the water flow before we leave.
Lead time changes with the season. The busy windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, when most South Salt Lake homes on the East side of the valley book their visits. If you call in those windows, we will give you the next open date and hold it until you confirm. If you want to clean your gutters before the next storm, call early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew stays outside, and the photos of every run arrive on your phone before we leave. Every gutter cleaning service call starts with the same phone quote. Our crew also handles gutter maintenance for residential and commercial properties across the surrounding areas. Regular gutter cleaning is booked as its own visit, and residential properties on a fixed schedule get the same photos. Commercial properties get the same photos of every run, and the cleaning and maintenance work is quoted once.
We give an estimate by phone or text based on stories and size, before anyone climbs a ladder. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book the fall visit for November to early December, after the leaf fall is done. Across Utah, the spring visit runs late May to June, once the seed drop is over. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we find ice in the trough and runs that have started to sag, so a clean trough before the freeze is the goal.
Most slots come up within the week during the busy windows, and the calendar fills fastest in late spring and late fall. We confirm a specific date when you call, and we do not promise a day we cannot keep.
No, you do not need to be home. 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. When the crew is done, the gutters are clean and the photos show it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom, which keeps the water moving away from your home. Where a downspout feeds an underground 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 anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. Mesh guards hold leaves off, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a wet mat, a blockage that sends water over the edge. Guards help keep your gutters clean longer, but they do not replace the visit.
If a rain gutter still sheets water over the edge after a clean, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not the buildup. Send us a short video of the roofline in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The price we give you 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.
