Our own crew cleans gutters in Covington, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we'll tell you which schedule your lot actually needs.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place, though we do not quote that way. A clean, flushed run is what the number pays for. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down heavy, with leaves and debris packed into the trough and the first gutter clog sitting right at the elbow. A run that has started to sag is slower to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Clearing the trough, downspout flushing and flow testing are included in every quote and never billed as extras. The price includes leaving every run clean. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the homes we service have the same few trouble spots. Rainwater that backs up at a clog, or at a buildup of grit, runs toward the fascia and the edge of the roof, and over a season that adds up to structural damage in places nobody thinks to check. Moving water away from your home is the whole point of the job, and water flow is what we measure when we flush each run. We have cleaned gutters on homes across Covington where the drainage problem was a few clogged downspouts feeding a gutter that was otherwise sound.
The same crew handles residential properties, and the approach carries over to residential and commercial jobs alike. On commercial properties we work per building on a schedule, with a rain gutter check after each visit. Gutter cleaning services for a larger site are priced by building, not by the linear foot, and the walk-through happens before any ladder goes up. Whatever the building, a clog caught early costs far less than the leaves that fall to the ground and the rot that follows.
| 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. Across Washington, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, once the seed and pollen drop is finished. The fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in spring we find seeds packed to the elbow and pollen paste sitting in the downspout. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see a run that has pulled loose or sagged by the first hard storms of winter. A leak at a seam is usually the first sign of a blockage. By then the gutter system is already full. The trough should be clean before the first heavy rain.
Freezing weather changes what the fall visit is for. When the first ice comes, water that cannot leave the trough backs up under the shingles and forms ice dams at the eave. A clean gutter in late fall keeps that water moving. Covington averages 44.7 inches of precipitation a year, with the wettest months in November, December and January. Heavy rainfall in those months, and the rainwater it brings, then has somewhere to go instead of running over the edge and into the fascia.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the trough between visits. Near a busy road or construction, the same schedule applies for the dust. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most homes. Guards cut the frequency, but we still clear the surface, leave the trough clean, and check the roofline every visit.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the regular gutter cleaning schedule is set from what we found. If your gutters are full now, call (866) 435-6328 and we will book a date to get your gutters running again. Otherwise text a photo of the house and we will reply with what we would expect to find. Waiting for the first leak to clean your gutters is the slower way to do it, and a planned schedule keeps the job simple.
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 covers Covington WA from the nearest base and works through the neighborhoods you see listed on our service map. Covington gutter cleaning bookings start with the quote by phone or text: give us your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees overhang the house. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Every homeowner gets a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. We leave the work area clean, and the crew does not come inside.
The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when most of our calendar fills. Homeowners who want a particular date should book early in those months, because that is the surest way to get it. Outside those windows, the lead time is shorter, and we confirm the exact date when you call. The cleanings we schedule are tied to the season, so a spring booking and a fall booking are planned together as one gutter maintenance plan.
Gutter guards on your home do not change the booking. Tell us they are there and the crew plans for the twig and seed mat that sits on top of them. Many homeowners find that a clean, well-scheduled visit keeps the whole system working, and that is what we are here to do. We want you to keep your gutters working through the storms, and to protect your home from water damage before it starts.
We also provide gutter services across the surrounding areas, and our cleaning services in Covington follow the same schedule. Debris removal is part of every visit, and the same crew keeps the schedule for homeowners and commercial clients alike. If you are not sure whether your home is in our route, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the next date we have open.
Homeowners get a number from stories and size, by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees overhang the house. The price we quote is the price on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. In spring we clear the seeds and pollen, and in fall we clear the leaves before the first ice. Waiting past the first hard freeze means the water has already backed up under the shingles.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, but we will tell you the first date we have open.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process happens entirely outside, and the crew does not come inside. Photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck leaves, and the gutters are left clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we check gutters and downspouts together: we flush every downspout, leave the trough clean, and watch the water run out the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes, guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seed casings, grit or landscape trimmings that sit on top of them. On our jobs we lift the panels, clean underneath and check the gutters and downspouts before the guards go back on. Guarded gutters usually need the visit less often, but they still need cleaning and maintenance.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before any work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
