Our own crew cleans gutters on cottage lake homes, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Washington most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep the schedule to match. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate.
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 square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We price our gutter cleaning services by phone or text from those three things. The number we give you is the number we charge, and it covers the clean from top to bottom. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get in. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, which shows whether the drainage path is clear, and debris removal is already part of the price, so the clean does not come with a surprise add-on. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs here the biggest single factor is what is already in the system. A run that has gone a couple of seasons without a clean carries a heavy clog at the elbows, its clogged downspouts have cut the water flow to a trickle, and the crew spends the extra time clearing buildup before the usual flush. Houses with heavy tree cover tend to need the same work more often, since leaves and needles settle into the same corners every season. Left that way, the weight and standing water can lead to structural damage at the fascia. We see the same story on rain gutter runs with a visible sag, or ones that have sagged over time and are holding rainwater, and a seam leak along a joint usually shows up as a dark streak on the siding after rain. Residential properties and commercial properties with a long roofline show the same sagging, so the check is the same either way. A quick text of the front of the house gets us most of the way to an accurate number before we ever set a ladder.
| 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 customers book twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is when a gutter here takes the heaviest load. Cottage Lake gets about 50.8 inches of precipitation a year, and heavy rainfall lands in January, November and December, so the autumn visit matters. Our fall visits run late October to November, and across Washington the spring visits fall in mid to late June. In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack the downspout elbows. In fall the leaf load comes down and, on houses that skipped the autumn visit, we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time winter ends. Winters here also bring a real freeze risk, so a sagging run can hold water that freezes at the eave.
Houses under heavy tree cover, or close to a busy road or active construction, go on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the elbows between visits. Lots with few or no trees usually do fine with one clean a year in late fall. If your gutter system has guards, we still clear the surface grit on top of them, and that visit tends to fall less often than an open system. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is the easiest gutter maintenance a lot can have, far less work than the cleaning and maintenance a rotted fascia board needs.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Until then, a good rule is to clean your gutters after the leaves drop and to keep your gutters free of standing water. Get your gutters checked before the first fall storm, and call (866) 435-6328 if you want the next open date.
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 works across Cottage Lake WA and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we keep a steady list of cottage lake homeowners we return to each season. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Residential and commercial properties get the same flush, since a clog does the same harm on either. We tell you the next open date when you call at (866) 435-6328.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so if you want a slot in those months it is worth booking early. Cottage Lake gutter cleaning is scheduled the same way every season. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the clean itself. Ladder feet stay on the mulch and off the landscape, and the gutters and the downspout go back the way they were. On houses with gutter guards, we lift the edge and clear any twig that has worked its way underneath. A flowing system helps protect your home from water damage, which is the whole point of the visit. If your gutters are already overflowing, text us a short video of the rain running off the edge and we will tell you what it is before we schedule anything.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and our gutter services are quoted by phone or text from those details. We do not quote a range without those details. The figure we give is the figure on the invoice for that clean.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and in the fall. If you wait until winter, we usually find sagging runs, ice weight and sometimes a clog that was not there in November. Two cleanings a year is what keeps that from happening.
Same-day depends on the week and our current schedule. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Cleaning services in Cottage Lake are booked the same way, by phone or text.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The gutter cleaning process is the same whether anyone is home or not. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested as part of the job. A clogged downspout is the first thing we check. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Yes, guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and that material can sit on top and stop water getting in. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, which usually runs shorter than an open system.
A gutter that still sheets water over the edge after a cleaning usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning for a slope issue. A gutter that cannot carry water away from your home is worth fixing before the next storm, because standing water is what leads to rot in the fascia.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before any work starts, so the invoice matches the number a homeowner was given.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
