Our own crew cleans gutters on University Place homes, every run flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of each section before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Washington, most of our customers book spring and fall, and we work through those windows the same way every time.
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 a homeowner pays. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the length of the house is counted.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and the lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down heavy, with leaves and debris compacted into the trough, and that adds crew hours. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and hauling away everything we pull out are included and never billed as extras. What the price buys is a clean run, not a partial one. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a typical visit around here, the crew finds clog after clog at the elbows. Clogged downspouts hold seeds and grit packed tight, and you see a trough where the buildup has started to sag the run between hangers. Where water flow is slow, we flush from the top and watch the drainage at the outlet until the trough is clean and the water runs clear. Houses on our schedule tend to show the same pattern: the seasonal buildup is manageable, but gutters left a full year start to hold water, and the first leak usually shows up at the fascia before it causes wood rot and structural damage. We see the same thing on residential properties and commercial properties alike, which is why we keep the same check on every building. Keeping water away from your home starts in the gutter, and that is where we start. Clear gutters also keep the landscape beds at the foundation from soaking.
| 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 cleanings twice a year. Across Washington, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seeds and pollen drop, and the fall visit in University Place runs late November to December, after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste in the elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and on the houses that skipped that visit we see runs that sagged under the weight by the time winter was over.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, the schedule moves to every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments and grit pack the outlets between visits and a rainwater blockage can start before the next scheduled date. With few or no trees overhead, one visit a year in late fall is enough for most roofs. Guards cut the frequency of gutter maintenance further, but the surface still needs a clean, since the grit and seeds settle on top of the guard and stop the water from reaching the gutter at all.
University Place averages 42 inches of rain a year, and across Washington atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts bring heavy rainfall, so a full gutter is the first thing to overflow. Keep up with regular gutter cleaning and that risk stays small.
Once the first visit is done, we tell you how often to clean your gutters, and that is the interval we book from then on. A University Place gutter cleaning schedule is set by the roof you have, not by a calendar page. The estimate we give at that point covers the roofline as it stands, and each visit ends with the same photos on your phone.
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 University Place WA and the surrounding areas, and our gutter services reach every neighborhood from the nearest base. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, using stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we confirm a date when we talk. Our calendar fills in the two windows that follow the seed drop and the leaf drop, so booking early in those windows gets you a slot faster. Booking early also helps protect your home before the wettest months of January, November and December.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front to book a date. If you want the full picture for a house that has not had a clean in a while, ask for a written estimate and we send it the same day we speak. We check gutters and downspouts on every visit, debris removal is part of every visit, and the photos go to your phone before the truck leaves, so you see what we found whether you were home or not. The simplest way to keep your gutters working is a booked visit before the seed drop. Routine cleaning and maintenance is far simpler than rebuilding a rotted fascia. Homeowners who keep up regular gutter care protect your home from water damage far better than those who wait until the overflow is visible from the street.
The number comes from stories and size, so we quote cleaning services in University Place by phone or text once we know the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house and we give you a figure you can plan around.
Across Washington, the spring visit lands in mid to late June. The fall visit runs late November to December, and if that visit gets skipped, we see the gutter system carrying ice and leaf weight by the time the freeze arrives, which is the expensive version of the job.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Call and we tell you when we can get your gutters on the calendar.
No. Homeowners don't need to be home for exterior work. 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 and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the outlet until it runs clear, and the run comes out clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Under guards we still find seed casings, needles and grit sitting on top, and once that mat is wet, the water runs off the front edge instead of going in. Guards still need cleaning and maintenance, but less often. We clean the surface and check that water is actually reaching the gutter.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job turns out to be different from what we were told. If the crew finds something that changes the work, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
