Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Lacey WA, flushes every run and tests the flow, hauls the leaves away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our homeowners book in the spring and fall, the two times a year the gutters fill up here.
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, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. Lacey homes come in every size, so the number starts with those three things. Lacey gutter cleaning is quoted over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of gutter, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than anything else. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift rather than a ladder, and that takes longer. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline on the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down with compacted muck packed into every elbow. That clog takes more time to clear, and left alone it can rot the wood under the run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crews have seen the same pattern on houses across the city. The biggest surprise is usually the leaves and debris sitting on a back run that no one can see from the driveway, the kind of buildup that starts to cause drainage trouble before anyone notices the gutter is full. We photograph what we find, clean it out, and tell you what it was. Residential properties are quoted per house. Commercial properties get scheduled per building, and the lease usually decides who pays, so each site gets its own gutter cleaning service quote. Residential and commercial jobs follow one rule: clean the rain gutter, keep the water away from your home, and avoid the clogged downspouts that cause structural damage over time.
| 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 book twice a year, once in late spring to clean off the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall the wet leaf mat matters most, and our fall visits run October to early November. On houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose before spring.
Under heavy tree cover we see gutters clog faster, and those customers are on cleanings every three to four months, because needles, twig and grit pack the gutter between visits. A house with few or no trees is usually fine with regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall. Homes near a busy road or active construction also tend to need more frequent visits, because the dust and grit settle into the gutter faster than leaves do. Homes with gutter guards need a clean less often, but the surface still needs clearing, since leaves sit on top of the guard and block the rainwater from getting in.
Here is the rule we give everyone for gutter maintenance: clean your gutters before the heavy rainfall starts, and keep the blockage out of the gutter so the water flow runs away from the roofline. Our area gets about 54 inches of rain a year, so the timing matters. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we give you an estimate for the next visit based on what we found. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we see.
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 Lacey and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and our gutter cleaning services run on a regular route through the city so we can respond quickly when a homeowner calls. To get a quote, call or text us with the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the house front helps us estimate the job if it is easy to send.
Booking is simple. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so it is worth reaching out early if you want a particular week. Reach out to get your gutters on the calendar, and we confirm your date when you call. Lead times depend on the season. If you are dealing with a leak from a clogged gutter, tell us when you call so we can prioritize the visit.
Many of our customers come back year after year because the gutters stay clear between visits and the house stays dry. Our gutter services help you keep your gutters working and protect your home from water damage, and keeping them clean means catching a leak before it starts. Our crew handles cleaning and maintenance on one visit, and the photos come to your phone. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date and we will take it from there.
Cleaning services in Lacey are priced from how many stories the house has and how big it is, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details. The price we give is the price you pay.
Our Lacey customers mostly book a late spring visit and a fall visit that runs October to early November, after the leaves have come down. Freezing is a real risk here, so if you wait past the first freeze, the blockage has time to sag runs and pull fasteners loose before spring.
Most slots come up within the week. When you call, we confirm the earliest date we can give you and tell you what is open.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only. The crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run 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 run through to the bottom. If a line drains 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 we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a paste that blocks the water from going in. We clear the surface, flush each run and reseat the guards on the gutter system.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or 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 the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number 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.
