Our own crew cleans gutters in Snohomish, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run on your phone before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, and we have been on these homes through both seasons.
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, which includes leaving every gutter clean. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but on our jobs the stories and the access matter more than the footage.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the eave line, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be cleared. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, not on the invoice.
When a gutter sags or pulls away from the house, the cause is often a clog, usually clogged downspouts that have been holding water for a long time, and poor water flow at the outlet is part of it. Water that sits in the trough works its way into the fascia board and starts to rot it before anyone sees the stain. We see this most on houses where the back run has been left alone, and keeping the gutter clean now is far cheaper than the structural damage that follows. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us your stories and roughly how big the house is, and we will give you the number on the phone.
On the commercial side, the same logic holds across commercial properties: the building height, the number of levels and the amount of buildup decide the crew size and the time on the lift. We quote each building on its own. Snohomish homes and Snohomish homeowners get the same straight answer, with the same photos at the end.
| 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 Snohomish customers book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down, because that is how often a typical lot needs us to clean your gutters. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the downspout. In fall it is leaves and debris, plus the grit that washes off the shingles, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight of the first ice.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see working, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and the clog builds faster than a seasonal visit can keep up with. A gutter near a busy road or a construction site needs the same interval for the same reason. With few or no trees near the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the water moving and the gutters clean. Gutter guards, where they are on the house, mean less frequent work, but the surface still gets cleared on the same calendar.
The fall visit is also the one that protects the house before the wettest months, November through January. A rain gutter that is full when the storm hits is holding water against the fascia, and that is where a leak starts as the rainwater finds its way into the wall. We would rather see a gutter cleaned before the first heavy rainfall than after the damage shows up inside. Our gutter cleaning service works the same way for residential and commercial jobs, with the blockage cleared and the flow checked before we leave.
If you are not sure which schedule your lot needs, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline, the trees and the surrounding areas around it, and we will tell you what we would expect to find. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the photos on your phone so you can see it for yourself. Ask for a written estimate on the regular gutter cleaning schedule, and we will hold the date for you.
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 Snohomish gutter cleaning crew works out of the nearest base to each job, so the crew arriving at your house is one that already knows the streets. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it. A photo of the front of the house helps us place the ladders, but it is not required. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the first open slot when you call.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop bring most homeowners to the phone at once. Booking early in those months is the easiest way to get your gutters on the calendar. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. To book, call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the front of the house, or pick a date that works for you. If you want to protect your home from water damage before the next storm, a slot this month helps send water away from your home.
Whether you are a homeowner or manage residential properties, our gutter services cover the gutters and downspouts with the same care, across Snohomish WA. Snohomish homeowners get a clear answer on the phone, and the point of the visit is to keep your gutters working and clean, not to hand you a long list of work we are hoping to sell.
The number comes from the stories and the square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text. We book cleaning services in Snohomish only after we have those two things, because a two-story house with a steep back pitch is a different job from one with an easy walk-around. Once we have them, the number you hear is the number you pay.
Our fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down, and most customers book it then. Across Washington, spring visits usually land in mid to late June, once the seed and pollen drop has finished. If the fall visit waits until after the first hard freeze, the eave can already hold ice and the runs can already sag before the wettest stretch is over. Booking before the wet months is the simplest way to keep up with gutter maintenance.
Same-day slots come up only when the calendar has a gap, so we cannot promise one. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No, you do not need to be home. 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, move any landscape edging or pots away from the walls, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, though less often. On our jobs we find needles and the odd twig threaded through the mesh, winged seeds and seed casings matting on top, and grit settling underneath. The surface gets cleared and the water path is checked, because a guard that is matted over still sends water over the edge.
If a clean gutter system still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not blockage. Send us a photo or a short video of it 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. The price we quoted over the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
