Our own crew cleans gutters here, every run flushed and flow-tested, the muck hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, 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 that is when we are busiest. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written 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 stories, square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Ferndale homes get one number, not a range that shifts once the ladder is up. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the arithmetic. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we book a date once you have the number.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk takes more time and more set-up. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and that takes longer to clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are up top, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When a gutter is clogged, the water has nowhere to go. We see sag in the runs, buildup at the elbows, and clogged downspouts that stop draining at the bottom. Heavy rainfall is what shows it: a run that looks clear from the ground can have a clog a few feet in, so the water stops and spills over the front. That is how structural damage and rot start, behind the fascia where nobody sees it. Leaves and debris packed in the trough hold that water, and a twig jammed at a bend does the same, so we check water flow at every run first. Poor drainage often starts at that bend. Water that spills over the edge runs down the wall, so we make sure the run carries water away from your home.
Our crew handles residential properties and commercial work, and the pricing logic is the same: stories, size, and what we find. For commercial properties we quote per building on a schedule, and for homeowners we quote by the house. Routine gutter maintenance is priced the same way, and our gutter services run on one price logic from the first visit. A residential job on a rain gutter system follows the same steps as the commercial ones: we clean every run the same way, and you hear the number before we start.
| 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 here book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the fall visit finds the wet leaf mat that sits in the trough before the rainy months. Where freezing reaches, the fall visit is also what keeps ice from building at the eave, because a clog of wet leaves holds water that freezes and lifts the first course of shingles. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we find runs sagging or pulled loose once the rain peaks in December and January.
How often depends on the lot. Here it gets about 42.1 inches of precipitation a year, and the wettest months are November, December and January, so the fall visit lands right before the heaviest stretch. Most houses are fine on the twice-a-year schedule. Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit pack the runs between visits, and those customers are on a three to four month schedule. Near a busy road or construction, the same tiering applies because the dust clogs faster. A house with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards reduce how often the gutter needs a full clean, but the surface still has to be cleared, so we keep guarded gutters on the schedule too. Rainwater that cannot drain through the gutters backs up under the shingles, and one blockage at an elbow is enough to do it, so a visit before the wet months helps protect your home from water damage.
Each of these is a regular gutter cleaning schedule, and the visit itself is the same debris removal we do every time. The same schedule covers residential and commercial sites. Our gutter cleaning service runs on these tiers. A regular cleaning and maintenance schedule keeps the runs clear between storms. Clean your gutters before the wet months and the rain drains where it should. 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 clean gutters across Ferndale from our crew base, so the whole city is covered without a long drive, and a homeowner in any part of town gets the same crew. Ferndale gutter cleaning is quoted by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328, or text a photo, and we book a date that works. The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months gets you the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our crews clean gutters in surrounding areas as well, and our cleaning services run on the same calendar as the commercial sites. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts in one visit, and we flush every downspout so you know where the water goes. If a leak has shown up from a blocked run, the crew can photograph it and tell you what it is, so you can plan the repair. Repeat cleanings are priced the same way as the first, and you pick the date that works for you. If you want the gutters clean before the storms, book early to get your gutters on the schedule, and that is how we keep your gutters working between visits. Each visit gives you one set of photos, every run and outlet, and a clear answer on what the house needs next.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or by text, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here usually book late spring after the seed drop and late fall after the leaves come down. If you wait past fall, the wet leaf mat sits in the trough and freezing water can lift the shingles at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day is not something we promise, so ask us what is open when you reach us. Booking for cleaning services in Ferndale works the same way.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside, the crew does not come inside, and they clean every run and text photos of each outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every outlet is flushed, and we check that the water is leaving at the bottom. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles and grit from the landscape still sit on top and mat into a wet layer. Guards cut gutter maintenance, but they do not end it, so the cleaning and maintenance visit clears the surface and checks that water is getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout size problem, not a clog. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before the crew starts, not after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
