Our own crew cleans gutters in Fairwood, every drain flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Washington, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that pattern holds for the houses we see here too.
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, how large it is, 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. Our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way on every house: a clean on every run, the drains flushed, and everything hauled off. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you hear one number before the crew is on the ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher than the front, and a sloped lot does the same. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, and a gutter system that has sat that long needs a slower, more careful clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. A twig or a wad of needles in an elbow can hold back a whole run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A run that will not clear from the bottom gets worked from the top, and that takes time too. Our crew checks gutters and downspouts together, because a clean run that drains into a blocked outlet still overflows. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Fairwood homes do not all share one build, so every Fairwood homeowner gets a quote for the house in front of us. The gutter that clogs with seeds in June is often the same one that backs up with leaves in November. Buildup that starts at the elbow shows up as a sag in the run within a season, and a small leak at the seam is usually the first sign. Spring and fall visits catch most of that before it turns into water over the edge.
Our Fairwood crews have seen the same pattern on a few houses. One customer with a sizable two-story and light tree cover had a slow drainage problem at the back run. The crew flushed it, flow-tested the downspout, and found the clog had been building for two seasons. The fix was regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule, not a repair. Another house under heavier canopy needed more frequent visits to keep the water flow steady.
For an estimate on your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the number and what we will look at. We do residential and commercial work, and the process is the same for both: we clean your gutters from the top down, flush every drain, and haul the rest away so it does not end up on the lawn.
| 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 Fairwood customers book twice a year for gutter services. Across Washington, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. The fall visit falls in late November to December, after the last leaves have come down. Two cleanings a year is the usual rhythm for most customers. In June the elbows are often packed with seeds and pollen paste. In late fall it is leaves and debris turned into a wet mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged under the first cold snaps. A gutter clog and rainwater backing up at the roofline are the usual results of waiting too long. A clean gutter in June does not mean a clean one in November. A rain gutter left full through a wet winter invites structural damage at the fascia, and a landscape with big trees sheds the most.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a regular gutter cleaning schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits and the blockage builds faster than a twice-a-year visit can handle. At each visit we flush every downspout, so the blockage from one season does not carry into the next. Residential properties with few or no trees can usually get by with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared, and we will tell you if yours is not holding.
Keep your gutters clean on a schedule and you protect your home from water damage, and keep water away from your home through the heavy rainy months from November through January. Rain runs off the roof and fills the gutter faster than it can drain in those months. Starting from a clean slate after the first visit makes the second one faster. Surrounding areas with similar tree cover face the same pattern. 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.
We have cleaned gutters for Fairwood homeowners, and our crew works across Fairwood from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Tell us when you book if the house has gutter guards, since they change the visit. Lead time for Fairwood gutter cleaning depends on the calendar, and the busiest stretches are the two visit windows in late spring and late fall, when our slots fill first. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Every run gets a clean, and the gutter cleaning process is the same from the first call to the final photo. Repeat cleanings go faster, because the crew already knows the runs.
If you are trying to get your gutters on the schedule before the next heavy rainfall, text us as early as you can. If you already know the house needs a clean before the rains, say so when you book. Our crew handles every step of the cleaning and maintenance on the exterior, and we will photograph any loose hanger, leak or dripping seam so you have a record of it. Gutter maintenance is simpler when the visit is on the calendar before the weather turns. Gutter services are booked the same way for a first visit as for a regular one, so you are not starting over each time.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and how big it is. Our Fairwood WA crew will give you a figure if you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front before anyone books a date.
Across Washington, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late November to December, after the last leaves. Waiting past December is where we find sagging runs.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the yard is left as clean as we found it.
Yes, we flush every drain and check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clogged downspouts that will not clear from the bottom get worked from the top. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. Leaves stop at the guard, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and underneath. On our jobs we clear the surface and check that water is still getting into the trough.
If a gutter system still sheets water over the edge after a clean, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not what is sitting in the trough. Left alone, that overflow can rot the fascia and lead to structural damage. Send us a photo or short video of the rain gutter during a downpour and we will tell you what it is and how to keep water away from the house.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, for residential and commercial properties alike.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
