Our own crew cleans gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, 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 hangs over the eaves, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs, most of our customers book in the spring and fall.
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. For homeowners, we quote gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but we would rather give you one number for the whole job.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaf mat, and a clog like that takes longer to clear. Clogged downspouts add time too, and so does a rain gutter with guards we have to lift and reseat. All gutters and downspouts are flushed and flow tested, debris removal is included, never billed as extras, and every run is left clean. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Ellensburg homes come in a lot of shapes, and the gutter on a one-story ranch rarely has the same problems as the one on a two-story house with old leaf buildup along the back run. When a homeowner sends us a photo of the front of the house by text, we can usually tell whether the job is a standard visit or one that needs a lift. Commercial properties get priced per building, so a small office and a multi-building site are quoted on different terms. For a residential job, the three things to tell us are stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the eaves. If a gutter has a sag in it or the water is flowing over the edge, mention that too, because it tells us whether we are looking at ordinary buildup or structural damage that needs a separate look. Keeping water away from your home is what we are paid to do, because that is how we protect your home from water damage, so we check every run and every downspout to confirm the water flow is working as it should.
Once you have the quote, you know the number before anyone climbs. The crew calls before they arrive, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
| 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 after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. That is the simplest way to clean your gutters before the weather turns. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and a paste of pollen, and a run that looks clear from the ground can still hide a clog at the first bend. In the fall it is the wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time winter ends. Ice dams form at the eave when that water has nowhere to go, so the fall clearing is the one that keeps the rainwater moving before the cold sets in.
Under heavy tree cover, our customers on residential properties are on cleanings every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments and grit pack each downspout between visits and the gutter fills faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. Heavy rainfall in November, December and January fills a gutter fastest, so regular gutter cleaning matters most before those months. Where there are few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared as part of gutter maintenance, and we book those less often, though the surface litter still has to come off on the same schedule. A gutter that overflows between visits, even one that was clean at the last visit, means it has filled faster than planned or a blockage has formed in the run, and water spilling onto the landscape is the first thing we want to hear about before the next visit.
Commercial buildings follow a similar pattern, and our gutter cleaning service schedules residential and commercial properties the same way: we look at the roofline, the tree cover and the traffic under the eave. For the properties we clean the most, the frequency comes from what the crew found on the last visit, not from a calendar. Across Washington the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and when we open a gutter then we find out quickly whether it needs to come back in October to early November. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you can plan the next estimate without guessing.
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 the city of Ellensburg WA from our nearest base and works across the town and its surrounding areas rather than a single neighborhood. Booking runs by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: give us your stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Our calendar fills at two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so a slot in those months comes up fastest when it is booked early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you see a leak at a seam or joint, mention it when you call, and if your gutters are overflowing now, tell us too and we will look at the schedule for the earliest open day.
Ellensburg gutter cleaning is most of what we do on the residential side, though we also clean commercial buildings in the same town, and our gutter services cover both. The crew follows the same steps on a large building as on a house, from clearing the top of the run to flushing each downspout, and the cleaning and maintenance work is the same on both. When a homeowner books with us, they get the same photos of every run, the same written estimate and the same no-surprises invoice. Keep your gutters clean between visits by checking after a big storm, and let us know if you see water coming over the edge again.
Our cleaning services in Ellensburg are priced from the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the house. Give us those three things by phone or text and we will quote the job. The quote is the price on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, after the last leaves drop and before the first hard freeze. If you skip the October to early November visit, we often find runs that sagged under ice by the time winter ends.
We confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week across Ellensburg, and we will tell you the earliest day we can reach your house. To get your gutters on the schedule, call or text a photo of the house front.
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 in while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it run clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drainage 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, though less often. Under guards we usually find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on the surface, and that mat can stop water from getting into the gutter. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter system that is clean and still spills water over the edge in the rain has a slope, capacity or downspout problem rather than a leaf clog. Water that keeps spilling can rot the fascia behind it, so 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.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it before work starts. The gutter cleaning process does not add charges once the crew is up there, and the invoice matches the quote you agreed to.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
