Our own crew cleans gutters in Shelton, flow-tests the run, bags every leaf and twig, and hauls the debris away, with photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Washington, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we are happy to look at your eaves with you before we give you a number. The yard is left clean when the truck pulls out. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
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 how much buildup is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is added up, but for Shelton homes the stories and how packed the gutters are do most of the work. Our gutter cleaning services are built for residential properties. If the building is commercial rather than a house, tell us when you call, because commercial properties are priced as their own job. An estimate for either one comes from a phone call to (866) 435-6328.
Four things move the quote most often. A third story or a steep roofline that cannot be walked changes how the crew works the run. A walk-out basement, a sloped lot or a landscape that runs right up to the foundation raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves and debris, and any clog left long enough starts as rot at the fascia and, later, structural damage. A rain gutter that has sagged under years of weight needs its hangers reset, and guards that we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Clogged downspouts that slow the water flow add a stop to the route, and so does poor drainage at the outlet. Debris removal and flushing are included in the price and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Take a two-story house with a heavy leaf load packed into every run. The crew clears each gutter, flushes each run and confirms the water is leaving at the outlet. Once the gutter runs clean, the water stops sheeting over the edge, and any seam that was starting to leak is written down on the list. The homeowner does not need to be home for any of it.
| 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 after the spring seed and pollen drop and again after the last leaves come down in fall. Across Washington, spring visits run from mid to late June, and in Shelton the fall visit usually lands in late October to November. When we open a gutter in June we usually find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a paste of pollen sitting over the first few feet of trough. In late fall the story is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by the time the winter rain settles in. Shelton gets 67.9 inches of precipitation a year, and January, November and December are the wettest months, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest. Across Washington, atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts bring the heavy rainfall that tests a gutter hardest, and freeze risk is part of the picture here. A run that is clean going into winter is the one that holds, and a blockage caught in fall costs far less than rot found in spring.
Under heavy tree cover, with large trees hanging over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits and the rainwater has nowhere to go. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the cleanings predictable and catches a clog before it sets. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Gutter guards buy you time, but they do not remove the need to clean, so we clear the surface and check the run underneath whenever we are up there. If you want to clean your gutters between visits, do it from a stable ladder, and call us before the wet months if the trough is already full. A clean run is cheaper to keep than a rotten one.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and at the outlets, not on a general rule.
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 Shelton WA, and the first thing we check on any house is how close the trees sit to the eaves. A gutter cleaning service visit starts with a quote by phone or text, for residential and commercial buildings alike, built from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you to send. Lead time for Shelton gutter cleaning depends on the calendar, and the busy stretches are late spring and late fall, when the seeds and leaves come down and most homeowners want a slot at once. Plan ahead for those windows if you can.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutter line, and we will tell you whether it is a quick clean or a bigger job. A quick call and a clean run both protect your home from water damage, and a clean run also protects the fascia and the soffit behind it from a leak nobody saw. A gutter exists to carry water away from your home, and the crew checks gutters and downspouts together, because a clog in one shows up as an overflow in the other. Gutter services are booked from that one call, and whatever the season, we are happy to talk through the surrounding areas we cover and help you keep your gutters working the way they should.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much buildup is in the gutters. We give you that number by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and it is the number on the invoice. Flushing and haul-off are already in it.
Our customers here usually book in late spring after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the leaves come down. Regular upkeep and gutter maintenance on that rhythm keep the gutter system clear. If you wait past that, we find the system packed harder, and the first freeze can lift a clog into a real problem.
Most slots for our cleaning services in Shelton come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If you need something sooner, tell us when you call and we will see what the calendar allows.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, clear the landscape along the walls, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and confirm that water is leaving at the outlet, so the drain is clean before we leave. If a line runs underground and needs clearing beyond the outlet, we tell you and price that separately before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep out the leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top of the guard and pack the run underneath, so the cleaning and maintenance never fully stops. We clear the surface, check the flow and reseat the guards, so the run is clean underneath as well as on top.
If the gutter is clean and water still runs over the front in a storm, the trouble is usually pitch or outlet capacity, and a short video of it in the rain tells us which. Send it over and we will say what it actually is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: we build the quote from what we ask you on the phone, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, we raise it with you before work starts and agree on it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
