Our own crew cleans gutters around town, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run on your phone 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the same houses year after year.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run of gutter, but a long single-story run and a short steep three-story run cost very different amounts to clean, so we price the whole house. The same three things drive our quotes for residential properties and commercial properties alike, so every estimate is built the same way.
What moves the quote on our jobs is almost always the same few things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means more time on a boom or scissor lift and more care at the eave. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with matted leaves and the odd twig, and that takes longer to clear than a run kept clean every season. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras, and if anything we find changes the job we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the homes that run highest in cleaning time tend to be the older ones with heavy tree cover overhead, where leaves have built up in the troughs for several seasons and the runs have begun to sag. Where a house has been on a regular schedule, the crew moves through it in less time, because there is less buildup at each run and the runs are already clear. That is the main reason we ask about the last time the gutters were opened when you call. Yelm homes that have been on a regular schedule keep their gutters clean and clear of blockage, and that kind of gutter maintenance shows up in the quote.
Gutter cleaning services are quoted per house, not per building part, so you know the full number before the crew arrives. Where a home has a lot of trees overhead or sits near a busy road, we will tell you on the phone that the debris load is heavier and what that does to the price. Clean gutters keep water away from the foundation and the roofline. A rain gutter full of leaves and debris is the one that spills over the edge into the landscape around the house, and the clogged downspouts and sagging runs are where structural damage starts. Joints that leak, and runs that sit low, are what we are paid to find and fix before a heavy rainfall does it for us.
Our crew has cleaned plenty of houses around here where the gutters were full and sagging, and the price on those jobs was quoted by stories and size, not by what the homeowner expected. Homeowners with full gutters get the same treatment: we quote by stories and size, and if the trough is holding standing water we flush it and check the water flow through the downspout before we give a final number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the number on the phone.
| 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 in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop has finished, and once in the fall, which runs from October to early November, after the last leaves are down. In spring we open each downspout and find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose or sag by late winter, and fascia boards that have begun to rot. Where winters freeze, the first ice shows up at the eave and the trapped water becomes an ice dam, so the fall clean is the one that matters most for a freeze-belt home.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging overhead, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits and a clog can start within a season. A house with few or no trees around it is usually fine once a year in late fall. Homes near a busy road or active construction sit in the middle, because dust and grit settle into the troughs faster than leaves do. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and we adjust from there.
When we open a gutter here in spring we find the seed heads and pollen first, then the grit beneath them, and if the downspout has not been flushed in a year the water flow at the bottom is slow or stopped. When we open the same gutter in the fall we find the leaf load, wet and matted, and often the first clog where the downspout meets the elbow. A gutter cleaned in spring and again in fall stays clear through the wettest months, November, December and January, and one that skipped the fall visit usually starts to back up by the first heavy rain. Gutter cleaning service on that schedule is about keeping the water moving, not about the look of the house.
The gutter cleaning process is the same at every visit: clear the trough by hand, flush the downspout, check the water flow where it drains, and photograph every run before we leave. If there is debris removal to be done from the roof valleys, we do it on the same visit. Plenty of owners ask how often to clean your gutters, and the honest answer is that the trees decide it. We keep a record for each house so the next visit starts from what we found last time, and that is what makes regular gutter cleaning useful over several years rather than a one-time fix. Residential and commercial buildings follow the same logic, though a commercial building with a flat roof has its own drainage schedule.
Across Washington, atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts bring heavy rainfall, and a clean gutter is what keeps that water moving. A gutter system that is kept clean keeps water away from the house and is less likely to need repairs later, so the schedule pays for itself in the years when the gutters are otherwise left to fill. Call (866) 435-6328 to set your spring or fall date and get your gutters on the schedule, and we will tell you which interval suits your house before the crew arrives.
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 has worked across Yelm, and we keep a record of the neighborhoods we have been to, so when you call we can tell you whether the crew has been on your street before. Our gutter services start with a quote by phone or text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and homeowners can send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Booking follows the same order, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most of the calendar fills. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
We do not promise same-day service unless the open calendar allows it that week, and we will tell you the earliest date we can offer when you call. Booking a date ahead of the busy window keeps the slot, and a reminder call comes the day before. Scheduled cleanings on a set date keep your gutters clear and protect your home from water damage without making you wait through a season, and the work is built around keeping rainwater moving away from your home.
Homeowners who have their gutters cleaned on a regular schedule have fewer surprises at the eave, and the crew can keep a clean record of each visit. Surrounding areas are covered from the same schedule, so if you live just outside the city, call and ask. Homes with gutter guards go on the same rotation, because the mat on top still needs clearing. Our Yelm gutter cleaning work runs on the same rotation as the rest of the region, and each visit is booked with a clear date and a clear number.
When a gutter is clean and the water still spills over the front edge, it is usually a slope or downspout size issue, and we will say so. We do not sell a second cleaning for a problem that a cleaning cannot fix. Clean gutters on a schedule keep your gutters and downspouts working as they should, and that is what we are here to do.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. The quote is the number we charge, with downspout flushing and haul-off already included.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, with the fall visit running October to early November. Skip it and we often find the gutters sagging, pulled loose, or the fascia starting to rot by late winter on the houses we work on.
We will tell you the earliest open date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date with you on the phone before we come out.
No. 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 check the water flow at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards keep out the leaves, but the needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and under them. We lift the panels, clear what is under them and reseat them, and we tell you what we find.
If the gutter is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, we send a photo or video back to you, and we tell you whether the problem is slope, capacity or downspout size. Water that spills over the edge lands on the landscape beside the foundation, so we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and agree on it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
