Our own crew cleans gutters in Lynden, WA. We flush every drain pipe, flow-test it, haul away what comes out, and send 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 homeowners here book us for spring and fall, and we can give you a firm date once you tell us what your house looks like.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge for a clean, finished job. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a house is not one long straight run, so we price the whole job.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves and twig, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clean the trough. Drain pipe flushing, flow testing and haul-away 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.
On our jobs the quotes that move the most are the ones where the gutters have gone a long time without a visit. A homeowner who has had a leak at the corner of the roofline usually finds the trough is full of leaves and grit, and the first visit is the longest. After that the cleanings are shorter, because the buildup has not had time to set. Gutter maintenance on a schedule is the cheapest way to protect your home from water damage. Cleaning and maintenance together keep water away from your home instead of letting rainwater sit against the foundation.
The easiest way to get your number is to text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and whether there are trees over the house. We will come back with a quote the same day. If you want to start the gutter cleaning process, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will get your gutters on the schedule.
| 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 after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. In late spring the drain elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In 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 March. Gutters across Lynden see the same pattern, because the town gets 44.4 inches of rain a year and the wettest months are January, November and December. That heavy rainfall lands in the same months, so a clean run in late fall is the cheapest way into winter.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, our customers are on every three to four months, because seed, needles and grit can clog the drain pipes between visits. On a house with few or no trees, and a plain landscape around it, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards slow the buildup, so those houses can go longer between visits, but the surface still needs a clean, and the flush still has to happen.
Gutter system care works the same way in every case. When we open a gutter, we clean out the trough first, then check the slope, the hangers and the seams, and photograph anything that needs attention. A rain gutter that has been left alone through a wet season can hide a sag that only shows once the trough is empty, and water sitting in that sag can rot the fascia behind it. Clogged downspouts are the most common cause of a leak we see, and they are the first thing we flush on every visit.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and we put it in writing. Regular gutter cleaning services are the core of that schedule, and commercial properties follow the same logic on a larger scale, with the timing set by the building and its drains. Water away from the foundation is the goal, and a clean system is what delivers it.
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 residential and commercial buildings in Lynden WA, and our cleaning services include the full gutter cleaning service on every house we visit. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps us size the job. Before we come we call to confirm the arrival window, and nobody needs to be home for the work itself. Our calendar tends to fill in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so it helps to book a date early.
Once we have your details we give you a date. If you need a visit sooner than the calendar allows, tell us when you call and we will check the schedule with you. Lead time is a field we confirm for each job rather than a promise we make in general, so the date you hear is the date we plan to keep. Clean your gutters before the wet season, because one clog at the outlet can choke the water flow and send water over the edge. That is why we suggest you keep your gutters clear on a schedule, and book early.
Residential properties are our most common job, and Lynden homes get the same routine as every other house: the same flush, the same debris removal, and the same photo on each drain pipe. If the house is on a corner, has a long run of trough along a busy road, or sits low where drainage is poor, let us know, because the access changes how we set up. Spring and fall bookings are the ones that fill first.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text as a firm estimate. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with a steep back pitch can cost more than one with a low, walkable slope. Once you give us the details for your Lynden WA home, you get one number and that is what you pay.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall. In late spring we clear the seed and pollen buildup, and in late fall we clear the wet leaf mat before the wettest months, November through January, arrive. If you wait past November, the leaves have often packed into the drain pipes and caused a clog, and that is a longer and more expensive visit. Across Washington the pattern is the same, and we will tell you which visit your house needs when we come out for a clean.
We confirm the timing for every job when you call. If we have an opening that same day, we tell you right away, and if we do not, we give you the next open date. If a blockage has already built up, say so when you call, because a full run takes longer. We serve the surrounding areas, so ask about your street.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the yard as clean as it was found. The crew sends photos of every run and drain pipe 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 where the water exits, then leave the outlet clean. If a drain pipe feeds an underground line, 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. Under guards we still find seed, needles and grit that sit on top of the guard and stop the water from getting in. The job is shorter than an open gutter, but the surface of the gutters and downspouts still needs clearing and the drain pipes still need a flush.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain usually has a slope, capacity or outlet size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video from the next heavy rainfall, and we will tell you what it is, including whether any structural damage has started. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, we tell you before we start and you agree to it. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, and no extra charge appears at the end, and the system is left clean. Our gutter services are priced that way every time, so you can protect your home without a surprise bill.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
