Our own crew handles Bellingham gutter cleaning from start to finish: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Bellingham customers book once in the spring and once in the fall, and we keep the same crew on the same houses year after year.
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 sitting in the gutters, plus how well the drainage and water flow hold up at the outlets. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we give you an estimate built from those things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place once the run count is in, but the per-foot math leaves out the things that actually take time on a ladder.
On our jobs the quote moves for a handful of reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk changes how the crew works the run. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back gutter well above the ground it sits over, which means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavier than they should, packed with compacted buildup the crew has to clean out by hand. A run of clogged downspouts that has been backing water for a season can also mean structural damage behind the gutter, such as fascia rot, and the crew checks for that before the run is closed. And guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every section. Flushing and flow testing on the whole gutter system, and debris removal, are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our cases on Bellingham homes show the pattern. On one house in the Sunnyland area with two stories and a heavy tree canopy over the back run, the crew found leaves, a twig and debris packed into the downspout elbows and a sag in the rear rain gutter that had been holding water for a season. Clearing the clog, taking the time to flush every downspout, and leaving the trough clean took the bulk of the visit, and the crew reported the sag in writing with photos, without selling a repair. You can see that job here: Sunnyland two-story case. If you text us a photo of the front of your house, we can tell you what we expect to find before we ever send a crew. Every step on a run is aimed at moving water away from your home, not just emptying the trough.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
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 Bellingham customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in late spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. Gutters that look clean from the ground are often full at the elbows. When we open one in November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by late winter. Freeze-belt winters make the fall visit the one that matters most, because rainwater that cannot drain in November turns into an ice dam along the roofline by December.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is more realistic, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and a single blockage or clog can back water over the edge in the next heavy rainfall. Plan to clean your gutters that often, and those cleanings let the crew clear the outlets before the next storm. A lot with few or no trees is usually fine on once a year in late fall, especially when the roof stays clean. Gutter guards change the picture a little: they keep the big debris out, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters go on the same rhythm with less material to haul. The cleaning and maintenance schedule is lighter that way, not skipped.
Our calendar has two busy windows, the spring and fall visits, and most slots in those weeks fill early. If you want a particular week, call early. Booking both up front is the easiest way to keep regular gutter cleaning on the calendar, and it is the simplest gutter maintenance we offer. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put that in writing so you are not guessing from a calendar reminder.
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 will clean gutters across Bellingham WA, offering the full range of gutter services, from the older blocks near downtown to the newer streets on the edges of town and the surrounding areas. We work out of the nearest base and drive in on the day of your visit. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front with your stories, size and tree cover, and ask for a date on the same call. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home, and the crew works from outside and leaves the landscape clean. Lead time depends on the week, so ask when you call to get your gutters on the calendar.
We clean residential and commercial gutters alike, so the same crew handles residential properties and commercial properties. Bellingham homeowners get the same photo record as a commercial building, and a homeowner gets each downspout checked one by one. If a joint is starting to leak, that goes in the photo report with a note on what we saw. Whatever the job, the same crew handles the gutters and downspouts from start to finish and leaves a clean photo record. If your gutters have been overflowing after storms, a cleaning is the first step, and we will tell you plainly whether the remaining problem is leaves or slope. We are glad to keep your gutters on a schedule so you do not have to remember them yourself.
The number comes from the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. Once the crew is on site the number does not change unless something outside the scope is found, and in that case we tell you before we start.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. Waiting past the fall visit means we find the wet leaf mat and sometimes the first ice, and that is when runs start to sag by late winter.
Same-day slots are not something we promise for our cleaning services in Bellingham. Most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process is the same either way: we call before we come, work from outside, leave the walkway clean, and send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested as part of the cleaning of your whole gutter system, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it separately before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often, but the surface still collects needles, seed casings and grit. On our jobs we lift the guards, clear what is underneath, check the gutters and downspouts, leave the landscape as we found it, and reseat the guards before we leave.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the front edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and we will tell you how to protect your home from water damage in the meantime. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote covers the stories, size and tree cover we discussed, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before the work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
