Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Minnehaha, and every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave, with each run left clean. Everything pulled out is hauled away, not blown onto the lawn, and you get photos of every run. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across Washington, and most customers here book with us in spring and fall.
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 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. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you know the whole figure before a ladder goes up. Commercial properties get the same rule: the figure comes before any work starts.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher off the ground than it looks from the street. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, and a clog that deep takes longer to get clean than a normal season's leaves. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout 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.
On a recent local job the house had a two-story front and a tree canopy hanging over the back run. The gutter was packed with leaves and drainage was backed up, and when we flushed the clogged downspouts the water flow came back up to normal. That is the sort of thing that sets the quote: how much material is in the gutter, how far the water has to travel away from your home, and how many runs need flushing to confirm it. Customers with a leaves and debris problem on a shaded lot see the same pattern, and so do most of the minnehaha homes we work on in the wetter months. Structural damage from a sag or a rot line is a different conversation, and we photograph and report it rather than fold it into the cleaning price.
| 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 in Minnehaha WA book twice a year, in late spring after seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves. Many people ask when to clean your gutters, and the honest answer depends on the trees. In spring we open the downspout elbows and find seeds and pollen paste packed in. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we sometimes see a sagging run by the time the rain has settled in. When the roofline is shaded, the gutter fills faster, and every three to four months is what keeps the clog from forming between visits. A clean gutter going into late fall is what carries the first rain of the season. The same timing works for residential and commercial visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough.
Heavy tree cover changes the schedule. Under big trees on residential properties, needles, twig and grit pack the downspout between visits, and a blockage that starts small becomes a rain gutter that overflows at the first heavy rainfall. Any lot with a fresh landscape job or heavy construction dust gets the same treatment. Guards slow the buildup but do not remove the need for a visit, so the surface still needs a clean on the regular schedule. Gutter cleaning service on these lots is less about what the owner sees and more about the rainwater flow that the eye cannot judge from the ground.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Our regular gutter cleaning schedule is set from what we find, not from a generic chart, and the cleaning and maintenance visits follow that calendar. Keeping the gutters clear is the simplest way to keep water away from your home.
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.
Homeowners book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Our crew covers the homes across Minnehaha and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so Minnehaha gutter cleaning is booked from one calendar. Give us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. The quote comes back from those details. Call and we will get your gutters on the calendar; lead time depends on the season, so we confirm the date when you call. Our calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the easier it is to get on the schedule.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Every one of our cleanings is booked as a single clean, flush and photo run, so you know what you paid for. If you are a homeowner who wants to keep your gutters clear over the long run, a regular visit catches a leak early and helps protect your home from water damage. Our crew is ready to clean and flush every downspout on schedule, and we will tell you what we find so you can keep your gutter services on track.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, its size and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline, and we will give you a figure by phone. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Our customers here usually book in late spring, after seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. If the gutters wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can start to sag runs by spring. Ask for a written estimate with your gutter maintenance visit and we will set the date.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, since our cleaning services in Minnehaha run by slot, with one calendar across Minnehaha. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends 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 check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still collects seed casings, pollen mat and grit on top, and water can run over the front edge once that mat is wet. We lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
