Our own crew cleans gutters in Graham, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, 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 is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar year after year.
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 the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house with bends, valleys and a long run of rain gutter, that number tells you little about the actual work. Commercial properties get the same treatment once we have seen the run. We would rather give you one figure from what we will see when we clean your gutters.
On our jobs, a clog is rarely the whole story. The gutter run that looks fine from the ground often has a sag in the middle where the hangers have let go, and behind it a buildup of compacted leaves that is holding water against the fascia. Sometimes it is a single twig wedged in a downspout elbow. Pull the packed leaves and the drainage path turns out to have been slow already. Clean that run out and the water flow comes back, and the rain carries water away from the fascia instead of soaking it.
What moves the quote most is how high the gutters sit and how steep the pitch is. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift, and that changes the time on the job. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the back run higher than it looks from the street. A gutter nobody has kept clean in years takes longer because the leaves and debris have packed down into a mat. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the number and never billed as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the local jobs, the quotes that moved most were the ones with heavy tree cover over the house, where the crew spent extra time getting clogged downspouts clean after they had filled with grit. Those are the calls where we say what we found before we climb, so there is no surprise on the bill. We ask for a photo of the front of the house by text when it is easy to take, and that alone lets us tell you what kind of visit your house needs. Graham homes with a lot of trees or a steep pitch are the ones where structural damage from a neglected run shows up first, so we look at those closely.
Gutter cleaning services are priced the same way whether the house is old or new. We do not quote a figure here because the number belongs to your house, and a range on a web page would just send you back to 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.
On our jobs in Graham WA, most customers book a spring and fall visit: once in the spring after seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Washington, spring visits usually land in mid to late June. The fall visit usually falls in late October to November, and that is when the leaf mat in the trough is thickest, since November, December and January are the wettest months here. Freeze risk is real, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice once the cold sets in.
Under heavy tree cover, the roofline catches needles and grit all season, and a blockage forms at the downspout elbow, so debris removal goes on every visit and a single season is not enough. A house with few or no trees can often wait for the late fall visit alone. Guards mean less frequent gutter maintenance, but the surface still needs a clean, and we tell you what we see under them on the first visit.
A clog that sits through heavy rainfall does not stay a small problem. Rainwater backs up behind the gutter, drips off the eave and finds a leak at the joint, and that is where the rot starts. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the run clear and the water away from your home, and it catches a problem before it becomes structural damage. We would rather catch a sagging run on a quick visit than replace a fascia board later.
A gutter cleaning service is one of the simplest ways to protect a house, and the right time to clean your gutters is before the wet months, but we do not put a price on it here. To keep your gutters running through the wet months, call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you an estimate from the stories, the size and the trees. We do residential and commercial work, and the estimate starts from the same three things for either one. Most of our calls in town are for residential properties. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot needs, and you can book the next one from the same call.
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 the surrounding areas from one calendar, and visits fill in two busy windows: the late spring and the late fall. Those are the months when most homeowners want the work done, so the sooner you call the better your chance of getting the slot you want. Book early and you keep the date.
To get a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We ask how many stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the roof. From those three things we give you a number on the phone, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Our gutter services start with that call, and we help you keep your gutters on a schedule that fits the house. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Nothing is left on the lawn for you to clean up.
If you are a homeowner who has been hit by water damage before, the crew checks the joints for a leak and the gutters and downspouts first, then flush every downspout before anyone packs up. Our cleanings include that check every time, because a clean run alone does not protect your home. If the house has gutter guards, the crew lifts the panels, clears underneath and reseats them before the flush. A clean gutter run helps protect your home from water damage in the next storm, but only if the drainage is also working.
Graham gutter cleaning visits go on the same calendar, and we confirm the date when you call. Text the photo, call the number, and we will get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and debris haul-off are included.
Most of our customers book the fall visit for late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Across Washington, spring visits usually land in mid to late June. Waiting past the first hard freeze is the real risk, because ice and heavy rainfall find the runs that were never cleared, and keeping the water away from your home is the whole point of the visit.
Our cleaning services in Graham fill up in late spring and late fall, so call early. We confirm a date when you call. If you need to get your gutters done sooner, say so on the phone and we will tell you what is open.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, and the crew does not come inside. They 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 watch the water come out the bottom, because the whole gutter system only works if the water leaves. If a line runs underground, 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. Guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seed casings or grit, especially on a lot with a heavy landscape of trees, and those build up on top of the guard. So the cleaning and maintenance are a different job than an open gutter. We lift the panels, clean underneath and check that water is getting in.
Across Washington, atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts bring heavy rainfall, and if a clean gutter still spills over the edge, the problem is usually slope or capacity rather than a clog. Water that keeps spilling runs down the fascia and can start rot, so send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Not without your agreement. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and approve it before work starts. The invoice matches the quote unless you have agreed to a change.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
