Our own crew cleans gutters in Salmon Creek, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Washington, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. We price commercial properties the same way we price a house. Companies that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place, but a homeowner gets one figure for the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk takes more time and more care. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the work. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat add to the visit. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A run left full for a season can cause structural damage and rot in the fascia, and a small leak at a joint gets a note on the quote. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Salmon Creek homes we see the same things drive the number: a two-story house with a clog at the back, a sag where water has been standing, and a buildup of leaf mat that has been feeding the blockage for a season. A clog at the corners is the usual cause of water heading toward the foundation instead of away from it, so we check the drainage at the bottom of each outlet as well as the top. Last fall a homeowner with a moderate tree canopy had us clean a rain gutter that had started to pull from the fascia after heavy rain. We flushed every outlet and photographed each run before we left. The quote was the quote, and that is the point of the phone estimate. If your gutters are sagging, pulling away or showing water away from the house in the wrong places, tell us when you call and we will flag it on the quote.
| 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.
Across Washington, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, with the second visit in late October to November after the last leaves are down. In June the outlet bends are packed with seed casings and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged under standing water by late winter. The wettest months here are Jan, Nov and Dec, so a clog that starts in fall can turn into a real blockage before the rain eases.
Across Washington, atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts bring heavy rainfall, and a clogged run has no room to spare when they arrive. On a landscape under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits. Near a busy road or construction, the same schedule applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Guards cut down how often the gutter itself needs clearing, but the surface still needs cleaning on the same rhythm, so we do not treat a guarded house as a reason to skip a visit. Regular gutter cleaning on that rhythm, with a clean each time, is the core of good gutter maintenance.
Before you book, a quick check helps us match the schedule to your lot. An estimate by phone is the fastest route, so call (866) 435-6328, and send a photo of the house front by text so we can see the trees and the pitch. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the schedule follows from what we find. Clean your gutters on that schedule and you will catch rainwater problems before they reach the fascia or the foundation. The logic is the same for residential and commercial properties.
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 Salmon Creek WA and the surrounding areas, and sends a crew from the nearest base without fuss. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text: tell us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roofline, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Salmon Creek homeowners usually book one of the two busy windows, late spring or late fall, and those fill fastest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. We clean the gutters and flush every downspout in one visit, and keeping them clear protects your home from water damage.
If you have an open calendar and need the work done soon, call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the dates available that week, so you can get your gutters booked before the rain comes. Booking early in the season protects your slot, and it also gives us time to look at the tree cover and the pitch before we arrive. Keep your gutters on a steady schedule and you will spend less time on ladders and more time on the things you actually planned. A gutter system that is cleaned on time is less likely to leak at the joints or hold a sag. Each of our gutter services follows the same steps, from the phone quote to the photos on your phone. The crew handles residential properties the same way, with photos of every run.
The number comes from your stories and your home's size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Salmon Creek are quoted that way because every house is different. Once we have those details, the number we give you is the number you pay.
Across Washington, most spring visits fall in mid to late June, and the fall visit is late October to November. Salmon Creek gutter cleaning follows those two windows, and if you wait until after the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat and any ice can start pulling runs loose before we get there.
Same-day slots depend on the week and the season. Our gutter cleaning service confirms the date when you call, and most slots come up within the week.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and 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, so the clean goes smoothly.
Yes, our gutter cleaning process includes flushing every downspout and watching the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a pipe from the gutter feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not, so any drainage problem is named before we leave. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings, twig fragments and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing underneath it. Water that cannot get in runs off the front edge, so the surface still needs clearing on the same rhythm.
A clean gutter that still spills over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain so we can see where the water goes, and we will tell you what it is. Keeping water away from your home is the goal, and we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we quote from your stories, size and tree cover is the number on your invoice. For cleaning and maintenance visits, if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
