Quote a job by linear foot, stories, debris & downspouts — and get a defensible range.
The gutters
Linear feet ≈ the home's perimeter at the roofline. A 1,500–2,500 sq ft single-story home is ~120–180 ft.
Height & access
A pitch steeper than 8:12 (e.g. 10:12 or 12:12) needs roof-anchor safety gear and slower work.
Downspouts & minimum
This calculator turns the way gutter-cleaning pros actually quote into a number you can defend. It prices the job per linear foot of gutter first, then applies the multipliers that make a job harder — height/access (≈25% per story), debris severity (0–50%), and steep/complex roof pitch (15–30%). It adds a flat per-downspout charge, floors the result at your minimum job charge, and returns a quote range instead of a single risky number. Everything is calculated privately in your browser, free.
Multipliers apply only to the per-foot labor, never to the flat downspout charge, and they compound (multiply) rather than add:
linear_base = linear_feet × base_rate
height_mult = 1 + (stories − 1) × (story_premium ÷ 100)
debris_mult = 1 + (debris_percent ÷ 100) // Light 0, Moderate 25, Heavy 50
pitch_mult = steep ? 1 + (steep_surcharge ÷ 100) : 1
adjusted_labor= linear_base × height_mult × debris_mult × pitch_mult
downspouts = num_downspouts × price_per_downspout // flat, not multiplied
raw_subtotal = adjusted_labor + downspouts
final_price = max(raw_subtotal, minimum_charge)
effective_rate= final_price ÷ linear_feet // n/a if 0 feetThe recommended price is rounded to the nearest whole dollar (round half up); the displayed range is rounded to the nearest $5.
| Driver | Typical value |
|---|---|
| Base rate per linear foot | $1.10–$1.50/ft |
| Height premium per story above first | ~25% |
| Debris — light / moderate / heavy | 0% / +25% / +50% |
| Steep / complex roof pitch (over 8:12) | +15–30% |
| Per-downspout clear & flush | $10–$20 each |
| Minimum job charge | $100–$215 |
| Effective rate sanity band | $0.95–$2.25/ft |
A 150 ft, 2-story home with heavy debris, a base rate of $1.25/ft, a 25% per-story premium, a standard (not steep) roof, 4 downspouts at $15 each, a $175 minimum, and a ±12% spread:
Price per linear foot of gutter first, then apply multipliers for height (~25% per story above the first), debris severity (0–50%), and steep/complex roof pitch (15–30%). Add a flat per-downspout charge ($10–$20 each), floor the result at your minimum job charge, and quote a range (±10–15%) instead of one firm number.
About $1.10–$1.50/ft for a ground-floor, light-debris job, with a sanity-check band of roughly $0.95–$2.25/ft once height, debris, and pitch are factored in. A typical single-story home has 120–180 linear feet of gutter.
Each story above the first adds about 25% for ladder setup, reduced reach safety, and slower work. A 2-story home is ~1.25× the base labor and a 3-story ~1.50×. Pricing tall homes at the flat single-story rate is the biggest way gutter pros lose money.
They multiply (compound). A 2-story heavy-debris home is 1.25 × 1.50 = 1.875× the base labor, not 1.75×. Treating them as a simple sum (+75%) underprices hard jobs.
Yes. The truck roll, ladder setup, and insurance cost the same regardless of job size, so a $100–$215 minimum keeps small single-story jobs from losing money. The tool floors the quote at your minimum and flags when it set the price.
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