Our own crew cleans gutters in Olympia, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit hauled off, and the yard left clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover shades the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been on these jobs through a lot of spring and fall seasons, and most customers book with us in those windows.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but we find a single number is easier to plan around.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, which takes more time to clean by hand. A gutter system with guards we have to lift and reseat adds time as well. Flushing, a water flow test and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
In Olympia homes we see the same pattern: a rain gutter left alone for a few seasons holds more weight and more clog, and clogged downspouts at the elbow send water back toward the wall. Where a gutter has started to sag, the buildup has often reached the hangers, and clearing it is a slower job than a routine visit. Left long enough, that load can cause structural damage to the fascia and block the drainage path. Gutter cleaning services priced this way account for those conditions up front, so the quote matches the house. Every part of the system exists to carry water away from the foundation, so we check the gutters and the drainage path together. If anything above the gutter line looks like it needs fixing, we photograph it and put it in the report; we do not do that work ourselves.
Our recent jobs show how that works. In one, a two-story house on a corner lot had leaves and debris packed into a run that had not been opened in several years, and the elbows were clogged. We clean out the run, flush it through and check the drainage outlet, and the quote we gave on the phone was the one we charged. Where the house has heavy tree cover, the work goes faster when the crew has been out on a regular schedule. Commercial properties and residential properties are priced on the building, not on a rate card, and the same rule holds: the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
| 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, a spring and fall visit each. Across Washington the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves. When we clean out a gutter at that point we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of the runs. In fall the leaf load is the main concern, and in Olympia winters the first freeze and the ice dams at the eave become the risk. Runs that skipped the fall visit are the ones that have sagged or pulled loose by the time winter ends.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the gutter maintenance schedule we see most often, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits and the clog builds faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep up with. Near a busy road or active construction the grit load is similar and the same interval applies. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards mean fewer cleanings a year, but the top of the guard still needs a clean, because a wet mat of needles and the odd twig on top of a guard sheds water over the edge instead of into the run.
Customers who ask us to clean your gutters on a fixed calendar get a gutter cleaning service that lands the visit before the rainy season and after the seed drop, which keeps the blockage from building up in the first place. Residential and commercial buildings both follow this pattern. The schedule is set on the first visit, after we see how much material is in the gutters and along the roofline. Regular gutter cleaning, with cleaning and maintenance kept on schedule, costs less over time than one emergency visit after water damage. Keeping rainwater moving away from the house is the whole point of the schedule.
Most Olympia WA customers on our schedule book the same two windows each year. A single estimate covers the year, and a clean on that schedule keeps the debris removal to a single pass. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 works across Olympia from the nearest base, and our Olympia gutter cleaning covers houses in the older residential blocks and the newer subdivisions alike. To book, you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a quote from stories, size and tree cover. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year fill first. We call before we come, and you do not have to wait around for the visit.
If you live in one of the surrounding areas and want to protect your home from water damage this season, the booking process is the same. Olympia homeowners can ask for a written estimate, and we send it before the crew is scheduled, so the number is settled before anyone climbs a ladder. Our calendar fills in the two windows, so earlier booking gives you more choice of date.
Keep your gutters and downspouts clear between visits by checking that water is leaving the outlet during heavy rainfall, and call us if you see a leak at a joint or water running over the edge. The crew will flush every downspout as part of the visit, and where a buried line is involved we check the drainage outlet and tell you what we see. If you have gutter guards, the crew clears the top of them too. Our gutter services are scheduled so the cleaning lands before the wettest months, which is when a blocked run does the most damage. Get your gutters on the calendar early if you want a particular date.
Our cleaning services in Olympia are priced from stories and size, and we give the number by phone or text. We do not quote a range over the phone; the figure we give is the figure we charge.
Our customers here book in the late spring and late fall windows. If they wait past the rainy season, the wet leaf mat from a heavily planted landscape and any ice on the eave make the job longer and more expensive. The first visit is the one to get on the calendar before the heavy rainfall starts.
The gutter cleaning process runs in three steps. The crew will clean out each run by hand, flush it through, and check the drainage outlet. You get the photos on your phone when the work is finished, and the invoice matches the quote.
No. A homeowner does not have to be home for it, since the work happens outside, and you get the photos on your phone when it is done.
Yes. We flush each run, check the drainage outlet at the bottom of the gutter system, and tell you what we find, including underground lines. Working on a buried line is priced separately, and you hear that number before any work on it starts.
Guards mean fewer visits, but the top of the guard still needs a clean, so gutter maintenance does not stop at the guard. On our jobs we find surface grit and fine debris that the guard does not stop, and a wet layer of it left on top is how the fascia starts to rot. The crew clears the top and checks that water is entering the run.
Call (866) 435-6328 with a photo or short clip taken during the rain. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or pipe-size problem, and we tell you what it is so the water runs away from your home. Another visit will not change a slope problem, so we will not charge you for one.
The figure you get on the phone is what you pay. If the crew finds something up top that changes the job, you hear about it and agree before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
