The average cost of gutter cleaning is about $190 for a one-story house with 150 feet of gutter, about $285 for two stories and $430 for three. Packed gutters and downspout flushing push a one-story job to $265 or more.
Every price on this page is computed from the rates built into the CrewNest gutter cleaning calculator. The assumptions behind each number are stated next to it.
Price your own gutters with the calculatorQuick Answer
Gutter cleaning costs about $1.50 per linear foot on a one-story house on the CrewNest calculator's base rate. A typical 150 ft one-story house is about $190 with light debris and $265 with moderate debris and 4 downspouts flushed. Two stories cost 1.5x and three stories 2.25x. The rates imply about $75 per hour.
Gutter length is the size measure that matters. A typical house has around 150 feet; a quick estimate is the length of the roof edge on every side that has a gutter. Prices below assume moderate debris (leaves and twigs) and exclude downspout flushing, which adds $10 per downspout.
| Gutter length | 1 story | 2 story | 3 story |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 linear ft | $150 | $225 | $337.50 |
| 150 linear ft | $225 | $337.50 | $506.25 |
| 200 linear ft | $300 | $450 | $675 |
| 250 linear ft | $375 | $562.50 | $843.75 |
Per linear foot, by house height and how full the gutters are. Light debris is 0.85x the base rate; packed gutters are 1.4x, because they have to be scooped rather than blown out.
| Debris level | 1 story | 2 story | 3 story |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light (dust, a few leaves) | $1.28/ft | $1.91/ft | $2.87/ft |
| Moderate (leaves and twigs) | $1.50/ft | $2.25/ft | $3.38/ft |
| Heavy (packed or clogged) | $2.10/ft | $3.15/ft | $4.73/ft |
The calculator assumes a crew cleans about 50 feet of gutter an hour, so a 150 ft house is roughly a 3-hour job. At $1.50 a foot that is $75 per hour on a one-story house with moderate debris.
On taller houses the implied hourly figure rises to $112.50 (two stories) and $168.75 (three stories). Part of that is real, since ladder work at height is slower, and part is a premium for the risk, which the calculator folds into the price rather than the time. Almost nobody bills gutters by the hour; the figure is a way to judge whether a quote is fair for the work involved.
Most gutter cleaning is quoted per job, built up from the length of gutter. The CrewNest calculator works the way a typical contractor quote does:
So when two quotes for the same house differ, the usual reasons are a different read on how full the gutters are, whether downspouts are included, and whether guards were noticed from the ground. It is worth asking each company what its price includes.
This page does not survey what homeowners paid, and it has no regional price tables because CrewNest has no regional data to build them from. Every figure is computed from the rates in the public gutter cleaning calculator: $1.50 per linear foot, 1.5x and 2.25x for two and three stories, 0.85x to 1.4x for debris, $10 per downspout, $0.50 per foot for guards, and 50 feet cleaned per hour. If the calculator's rates change, this page changes with them. Local prices vary with labor costs; use these as a starting point for comparing quotes.
About $190 for a one-story house with 150 feet of gutter and light debris, on the CrewNest calculator's base rate of $1.50 per linear foot. With moderate debris and 4 downspouts flushed, the same house is $265.
About $285 for 150 feet with light debris, and $337.50 with moderate debris. The calculator charges a two-story house 1.5x the one-story rate for the taller ladder and extra repositioning. A three-story house is 2.25x, about $430 with light debris.
The calculator's rates imply about $75 per hour on a one-story house: $1.50 a foot at 50 feet an hour. Gutter cleaning is almost always quoted per job or per foot, not per hour, so treat the hourly figure as a way to sanity-check a quote.
Yes. Guards have to be lifted and refitted, and fine debris collects under them. The calculator adds $0.50 per linear foot, which is $75 on a 150 ft house.
$10 per downspout in the calculator. The calculator's default is 4 downspouts, which adds $40. It is worth doing: a clean gutter still overflows if the downspout below it is blocked.
Enter your gutter length, number of stories, debris level, downspouts and guards. The calculator returns a total and a per-foot price on the same rates used on this page. Free, no signup.
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