Gutter cleaning services in Shoreline come from our own crew. We clean the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout, check that it flows, haul the debris away, and send photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our Shoreline customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar before the seed drop and after the last leaves come down, so the gutters start the season clean.
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. A homeowner with a gutter system that was clean at the last visit usually gets a lighter quote than one that has sat untouched. Other companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you add up a whole house. Ask for the number on the phone so you know it before a crew is on the ladder.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at what sits underneath. Downspout flushing, a water flow check and haul-off are already in the number, and the crew leaves each run clean. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Shoreline homes, the heaviest quotes usually come from places where the gutter has not been opened for several years. The packed material takes longer to remove, and a clog that has sat for a season can leave a sag in the run that we need to note. Where a home sits among heavy trees, the load is higher and we plan for a longer visit. We see the same pattern across residential and commercial work, so our gutter services are quoted the same way whether the building is a residential property or a storefront. Our crew keeps gutters clean for homeowners who want water away from the foundation, and for property managers at commercial properties who need the drainage kept clear on a set schedule. Regular gutter cleaning keeps a single visit short, and it keeps the buildup from turning into a repair job. Clean your gutters on a schedule and most of the surprises go away. We also handle the debris removal from every run, so nothing is left on the lawn or the walk.
| 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 Shoreline homeowners book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the leaves and debris come down. In spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a paste of pollen sitting in the trough. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find the first ice at the eave and runs that have pulled loose after a hard winter. A rain gutter run with a blockage at the bend will hold rainwater back and overflow at the roofline long before the trough looks full, so the first sign is usually water coming over the front edge. A clean trough does not mean the run is clear, because the blockage sits at the bend, and a small leak at the joint is often the first thing a homeowner notices.
Under heavy tree cover, we tell customers to plan on cleanings every three to four months, because needles, a twig now and then, and grit keep packing the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs a clean, and a guard does not stop the buildup that builds on top of it. Our wettest months are January, November and December, so a run that is clean before November has room to handle the heaviest rain.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and how the water runs off the house. That is the estimate we stand behind, and it is the one we will check against the next visit to see whether the schedule still fits your home. Keep your gutters on a simple calendar with our gutter services, and you can protect your home from water damage without having to think about it each season.
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 Shoreline WA and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and books visits in the order the calls come in. Booking Shoreline gutter cleaning works the same way: to get a quote, call or text us with your stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. If it is easy, text a photo of the front of the house. We take that information and give you a date, and the number we quote stays the same when we arrive. Most calls get a date within the week, and we confirm the time before we come out.
Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, when spring seed drop and the fall leaf drop both arrive. If you want a particular date in those windows, call early. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for the visit, so you can book around your schedule. Once a visit is on the calendar, we walk you through the gutter cleaning process so you know what to expect when the crew arrives and what a clean gutter looks like when they leave.
Our Shoreline crew handles the full job from ladder to ground, with the same care whether the house sits on a busy road or is tucked back into a mature landscape. For the homes that need the most attention, we plan extra time so the cleaning and maintenance gets done right the first time. Heavy rainfall can change how quickly a clog forms, so customers in wet months often book sooner. Get the gutters clean before the next storm, and the water will run away from your home the way it should.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we will give you the number on the spot.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, the wet mat can sit in the gutter through the winter, and in a freezing year the ice can pull the run loose before spring.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and we do not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked for flow at the outlet, and clogged downspouts get cleaned out before the crew leaves. If a line drains underground and needs clearing past the outlet, we quote that separately and tell you before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out, but needles and seed casings still sit on top and feed the clog underneath. We clear the surface and check the flow.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge, the problem is usually the slope or the downspout size, not the debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it is. Water that keeps spilling over the edge can lead to rot in the fascia and structural damage, so do not wait on it. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and then you hear about it before any work starts. The number we quote is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm a date.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
