Our own crew cleans gutters in Washougal, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. 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 that is when our calendar fills.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on how many stories the house has, how big it is 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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the buildup decide the job more than the length does.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs more setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and that takes time to clear by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add minutes to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job once we see it, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
The Washougal homes we clean tend to share a pattern: a rain gutter that looks fine from the driveway but has a clog two feet down where the leaves and grit have settled. That spot causes the drainage problem, not the gutter itself. When we open a run like that and clean it, we find the sag, the buildup and the water flow stopped at the elbow. Clogged downspouts are the single most common finding, and they are the first thing we flush. We also see structural damage on houses where water has been running behind the gutter for a season or two, and we photograph it and report it.
On recent jobs we have run here, the quote came down to the same three numbers: stories, size and how much tree cover hangs over the house. The one we remember most clearly was a two-story house with a long run of gutter that had not been opened in several years. The crew cleared the leaves, flushed every downspout and got the water away from the foundation in one visit. We quote the same way for commercial properties, priced per building and scheduled on a calendar, though most of our work is on residential properties. The point is that the gutter should carry the rain away from the house, and that is what we check before we leave.
| 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 customers book twice a year, in spring and fall: once after the seed and pollen drop, and once after the last leaves in late fall, because that is how regular gutter cleaning keeps up with the season. Across Washington, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and that is when we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In Washougal the fall visit falls in late November to December, and by then the wet leaf mat is what we clean out first. On houses that skipped that visit we see runs that have sagged under the weight of standing water by January. Each visit is about clearing the clog before it becomes a blockage.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. A single twig in the elbow can start a blockage that holds the grit behind it. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit comes faster and the same schedule applies. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Gutter guards change the schedule a little: they stop the leaves, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters get cleaned less often and not left alone.
On our jobs the rainwater tells us a lot. A gutter line that drains cleanly through heavy rainfall is doing its job, and the roofline above it stays dry. When water spills over the front edge instead of going out through the downspout, the gutter is full and the blockage is somewhere in the run. We look for that at each visit and report it if the gutter needs more than cleaning. Residential and commercial buildings both follow the same logic, though commercial jobs are scheduled on a calendar and priced per building.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Every house gets its own schedule, and the gutter cleaning service follows from what we find, so you know when to clean your gutters again. If you want the estimate for your own house, text a photo of the eave or call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the schedule from what we find.
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.
We clean gutters from our nearest base, and the crew knows the houses and the building styles in town. Booking for Washougal gutter cleaning 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 if it is easy to send. The lead time on a slot depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most homeowners here want the gutters and downspouts cleared. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
If you have been putting off a cleaning because the gutters look fine from the driveway, that is the time to call. A blockage you cannot see from the ground is the one that rots the fascia behind it, or lets a slow leak run down the wall into the foundation in the next heavy rain. A regular schedule helps protect your home from water damage: keep your gutters on it and the water stays off the landscape by the foundation. Our service is written for a homeowner who wants the cleanings done once and done right, with the photos to prove it. A clean run on a set schedule is easier to keep than to repair.
We also do gutter services for surrounding areas, and the same crew handles houses and commercial work alike. Ask for a written estimate and we will put the schedule and the price in the same message, so the number you read is the number you pay and the plan keeps the water away from your home. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule, or text a photo and we will tell you what we see before we set a date.
The number for our cleaning services in Washougal comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details. Downspout flushing and haul-off are in the number already.
Most customers across Washougal book in late spring and in late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, we find sagging runs, rot on the fascia boards, and ice-damaged gutters by January on houses that skipped it.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside: our crew 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 flow-test it so we can see the water leaving the outlet and running away from your home. If the line drains underground, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not getting out, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately.
Yes, but less often. Guards stop the leaves, while needles and grit still sit on the surface and wash into the trough. That is still gutter maintenance, and our cleaning and maintenance on a guarded gutter system means we clean the surface and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still spills over the front edge, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a short video taken during heavy rainfall 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 it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
