Our own crew cleans gutters in Five Corners, flushes every downspout, flow-tests it, hauls the debris away and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Five Corners customers book in the spring and fall, and we take the same steps on every visit.
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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we give you one figure for the whole house. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted as one gutter system, and quotes for residential and commercial properties start the same way, with a call and a number.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway, and the drainage there is harder to judge from the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted leaves and debris that takes longer to clear by hand, and a run that has started to sag takes longer still. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, water flow checks and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras. The crew leaves a clean run and a clean downspout, and if anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our Five Corners experience is mostly the same story: a clog in one run that has been backing water over the edge for a season, or a rain gutter pulling off the fascia, or a leak at a seam, because the buildup got too heavy. Clogged downspout elbows are usually where it starts, and a twig or a handful of seed casings at an elbow is often all it takes. Left alone, a backed-up run can turn into structural damage at the fascia. On one of our Five Corners jobs, the cleaning was more than the crew had planned because the buildup was packed solid at the elbows; the quote was adjusted on the phone before we came, and the total did not change once the crew was on the roof. Across the Five Corners homes we clean, the calls that go well are the ones where the caller tells us the stories, the size and the trees, and sends a photo of the front of the house by text. Water away from the foundation is the goal on every run, and that is what the quote is built around. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house, and we will give you the number on the phone.
| 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.
In Five Corners WA, most of our customers book twice a year, in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in the fall after the last leaves. Spring is when the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. Fall is the wet leaf mat, and where the ground freezes, the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. In Five Corners the fall visit falls in late October to November, and on houses that skipped it, we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the next spring. Two cleanings a year is the common pattern for residential properties here, and a spring gutter cleaning service visit clears the seed and pollen out of the elbows. If you want to clean your gutters on a schedule, get ahead of the wet months, and the spring and fall visits are built around that.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps a rain gutter clean and clear, because needles and grit clog a downspout between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the same applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards need less frequent service, but the surface still has to be kept clean, and the roofline still gets checked. Between visits, a clean gutter is the goal, and gutter maintenance is mostly checking each downspout and the rainwater that backs up at the outlet. Five Corners gets 45.1 inches of rain a year, and January, November and December are the wettest months, so the fall visit comes before the heaviest stretch. Across Washington, storm season brings atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts, and a run that cannot carry that water ends up over the edge. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and the blockage at each downspout. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the job short, so the debris removal stays a small visit, and the estimate comes from that same first look.
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 Five Corners and the nearby neighborhoods where we have cleaned houses, and we cover the city from the nearest base. Our gutter services start with a phone call. Five Corners gutter cleaning booking runs by phone or text, using stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, fill fastest. A homeowner who calls before the rain has more dates to pick from. We clean gutters and downspouts for Five Corners homeowners and the surrounding areas, and we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Ladder stand-offs keep us off the landscape and the siding. Between the two windows we usually have openings, so ask when you call and we will tell you what the calendar shows.
Any gutter with a visible blockage is worth a visit before the next storm season. We would rather clean a run early than photograph rot in the fascia later, and that is the point of the regular schedule, which helps protect your home from water damage. Booking a visit before storm season is the simplest way to keep your gutters clean and flowing, and we flush every downspout and check the flow before we leave. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the next open date, and we can help you get your gutters on the calendar in the same call.
The number comes from stories and size. Give us those by phone or text and we quote it on the spot. The gutter cleaning process starts with that quote.
Our customers here book in late spring, after the seed drop, and in late fall, after the last leaves. If you wait past the leaves, the wet mat is what we find, and where the ground freezes, the ice is already forming at the eave.
We confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week.
No. We work outside, around the landscape beds, and do not come inside. We send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water runs away from your home. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
On our jobs, gutter guards keep the leaves out of the gutter system, but the needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top, and water still needs to get in. Guarded gutters still need the surface cleared and kept clean, or water sits and the fascia can rot. Cleaning and maintenance go together on a guarded system too.
A clean gutter that still runs over the edge during heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and then you hear it and agree before work starts. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
