Our crew will clean your gutters, flush and flow-test every run, haul the debris away, and take 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 roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. On our Hazel Dell jobs, most customers book in spring and fall, and we handle the work from the first call to the last photo.
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. Gutter cleaning services for Hazel Dell homes are priced the same way, and quotes for commercial properties follow the same stories-and-size method. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but on our jobs the stories and the height of the eave matter more than the foot count.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold packed buildup that has to be cut out by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. A clog at the elbow takes longer to clear than the run itself. A rain gutter that has sagged under years of standing water needs more hands on the ladder. Once the runs are clean, flushing, flow testing and debris removal are all included and never billed as extras, and the goal is simple: move the water away from the house. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Hazel Dell jobs, the quotes that climb most often are houses under heavy tree cover where leaves and debris have packed the runs for a full season, and older homes where the gutter has a sag from years of standing water. Clogged downspouts add time too, and a clog in an elbow can hold up the whole run. A run that is clean at the top can still hold a clog at the outlet, so we check both ends. Where a run drains into an underground line, we check the water flow and drainage at the outlet and tell you whether water is leaving. If we find structural damage to the fascia or brackets, we photograph it rather than sell a repair on the spot. We do not turn a visit into a second job without asking. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can usually tell you what the job will look like before you book.
| 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 Hazel Dell WA customers book twice a year, in mid to late June after seed and pollen drop, and again in late October to November after the last leaves are down. Most homes do well with a spring and fall visit, and we leave every gutter clean. When we open a gutter here in June we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the next spring.
Winter rain is heavy in this part of the state, and the first freezes can turn standing water in a clogged gutter into ice at the eave. Every visit we clean the gutters and check the runs, and debris removal is part of every visit, so that rainwater has a clear path to the ground instead of spilling behind the fascia. A blockage in one run can back water up along the roofline, and a clog there is the first thing we look for.
Under heavy tree cover, on every three to four months, because needles, twig ends and grit pack the runs between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the schedule is about the same. Houses with few or no trees overhead usually need only one visit a year, in late fall, and residential properties like those get the one-visit plan. Guards mean fewer visits, but the surface still gets cleared on the same cycle. Ask us how often to clean your gutters once the first visit is done.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Each run is clean before we leave, and every gutter cleaning service visit ends with photos of each run, so the next visit starts from what we saw last time. Regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule keeps runs from sagging, and the same logic holds for residential and commercial buildings, since runs fill up the same way on both.
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 Hazel Dell gutter cleaning crew works across Hazel Dell, and we cover the surrounding areas from the nearest base of operations. Our gutter services are booked by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. From those three things we give you an estimate on the spot. Our calendar fills in the busiest windows, which are late spring and late fall, so booking early keeps the slot you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside and leaves clean gutters, and you get photos of every run and outlet on your phone before the truck leaves. Each of our cleanings ends with that photo set, which covers the gutters and downspouts from end to end. A gutter that still overflows after the visit, or shows a leak at a seam, is a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you so instead of selling a second cleaning. Our aim is to keep water away from your home, not to sell you more visits.
A homeowner who has had water damage from neglected runs often asks how quickly we can get on the schedule. Tell us when the rain is coming, and we will tell you the next open date. Booking now is the simplest way to keep your gutters working through the rainy stretch, and it is the fastest way to protect your home from water damage this season.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. You get one number for your house. On a two-story it is usually a single visit with the crew on the ladder, and the gutters are clean by the end of the visit. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book in mid to late June and again in late October to November, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the runs can sag or pull loose by the next spring. Book before the first hard freeze to get your gutters on the schedule, and we will tell you what the house needs on the call.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need it faster because the rain is coming, call (866) 435-6328 and we will check what is open. Our cleaning services in Hazel Dell run on the same calendar, and we leave the gutters clean once the visit is done.
No. Our crew works outside, around the landscape and under the eave, and does not come inside. Photos of every run and outlet go 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 in your gutter system with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where water leaves through an underground drain line, we check that it is flowing at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. That is the whole gutter cleaning process from our side.
Yes, though less often. Gutter guards still need cleaning and maintenance, and on our jobs under guards we find needles threaded through, seed casings and grit sitting on top. Once that mat is wet, the water runs off the front edge instead of going in, and that is how fascia rot starts behind the gutter. The spring and fall gutter maintenance still matters, just with less debris to haul.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning 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 in that case you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
