Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have finished their work on the gutters.
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 price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Other companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place once the length is worked out, but the three things above are what we actually measure on the ladder. The same measures set the price on residential and commercial work, so a clean job on a commercial building starts from the same three numbers.
On residential properties, a few things move the price. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than the front suggests. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted material and a hard clog, and that buildup takes time to clear by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the estimate and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice. Before a clean starts, we walk the run and note the stories, the guards and the outlets, so the number holds.
Here is how it works on the Longview homes we clean. Most Longview homeowners tell us the first clog they noticed was water running over the front edge in a storm, which points to a blockage at the outlet rather than a general buildup along the whole run. If you clean your gutters yourself, check the outlet first, because that is where the clog usually lives. When we open a gutter where a sag has started to show, we check the slope, the drainage and the water flow before we decide anything. We have cleaned homes with heavy tree cover and homes with almost none, and the quote reflects what the crew finds once the ladder is up. Regular visits keep the number lower, because a crew is not fighting years of buildup. There is no single starting figure we can print here, since the number depends on your house, so call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house for a written estimate.
| 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 spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Washington, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June. When we open a gutter here after the seed drop, we usually find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a pollen paste sitting on the bottom of the trough. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves that come with it, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag by early spring under the weight of trapped water.
Under heavy tree cover, gutters clog faster, because needles and grit pack the elbows between visits. Those lots are on a schedule of every three to four months, so the rainwater has a clear path to the outlet. Near a busy road or a construction site, the grit load is similar, so the same schedule applies. Lots with few or no trees do well with one visit a year, the fall visit in November to early December, which are among the wettest months here. Guards reduce how often you need a clean, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check under them at every visit. Before a clean is due, we look at what the last one left behind. Keep your gutters clear between visits and you protect your home from water damage, since a single blockage at the roofline can send water into the fascia. We flush every downspout at each visit, and our gutter services follow the same schedule logic in the surrounding areas.
The first clean tells us what your lot actually needs and gives you a fair estimate for the year. After that, we track what the gutters look like after each clean and adjust the schedule so you are not paying for visits you do not need or waiting until a clog causes water damage to the fascia board. Our crew is the same crew that will be on the ladder next time, so we know what we found last time and what to watch for. Gutters in Longview WA get the same approach.
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 cleans gutters in every neighborhood where homeowners have asked us to come out, and we cover the whole town from the nearest base. Booking a Longview gutter cleaning is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us with the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether there are trees over the roof, and we give you a quote on the spot. Each homeowner gets that number in writing before the crew arrives. If the front of the house is easy to photograph, send that too, because it lets us see the house before we arrive.
Lead time depends on the season. The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, when most homeowners are booking the same visit. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule before the rains, call early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for a clean. The ladder stays away from your home, with stand-offs so nothing rests on the gutter lip. If you are booking for a rainy stretch, mention it, because heavy rainfall means the gutters are already doing their work and a leak or overflow shows up faster. Our cleanings include a flush of every downspout and a check of the drainage at the outlet. Each visit covers cleaning and maintenance together. That gutter maintenance is a look under the guards and a twig check at the eave. Our gutter cleaning process is the same at every house, from the first call to the photos we send after the last run.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Cleaning services in Longview are priced from those two numbers, and we do not quote a range or a clean without them.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. The fall visit falls in November to early December, which is among the wettest months here, and if the gutters wait past the first hard freeze, we see trapped rainwater, sag and rot by the time the snow comes.
Across Longview, most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and we will tell you if the crew can get there sooner. If the gutters are overflowing now, say so, and we will tell you if a clean can happen sooner.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The same photo report goes out for commercial properties. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Nobody needs to watch a clean from the yard.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested as part of the clean, and clogged downspouts get worked from the top until water runs clear. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it. Buried lines often run under the landscape beds, so we check where they come out first.
Yes. Guarded gutters still need a clean, just less often. Guards keep out the big leaves and debris, but under them we find seed casings, needles and roof grit that settle on the guard surface and wet into a mat. The rain gutter looks clear from the ground, but the rain never gets far enough in to run water away from the eave. We clear the surface and check the flow at every visit.
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. A slope problem left alone can lead to structural damage at the fascia, so 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.
It should not. The number we quote is the number we charge, and if the crew finds a problem with the gutter system that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
