Annual Roof + Gutter Plan
The Annual Roof + Gutter Plan is one full visit per year — usually scheduled into the late-summer dry window in Seattle before the leaves drop — covering a full-run hand-bag gutter clean, downspout flush from the trough to the splash block at the ground, flashing visual on every penetration (vents, skylights, chimney, dormer), a sodium-percarbonate or zinc moss treatment on the north slope, and a debris sweep of the roof field where the canopy drops needles. From $500 single-story up to $1,200 on a two-story under heavy oak or Douglas-fir canopy. One visit a year is the schedule that catches the failures one wet PNW winter at a time would otherwise turn into rotted fascia, a shortened shingle life, and an overflow stain down the siding.
Service
How the Annual Roof + Gutter Visit Works
Five sequential steps from the gutter hand-bag through the photo report — the actual sequence we follow on every Handis Annual Roof + Gutter plan visit.
Full-Run Hand-Bag Gutter Clean
Leaves, pine needles, shingle grit, and seed pods are hand-bagged into a contractor-grade debris bag and hauled off-site — never blown onto the lawn or the neighbor's roof. Single-story from a 24-foot stabilizer ladder, two-story from a 32-foot extension ladder with a ladder-mount stand-off.
Downspout Disconnect & Flush
Each downspout is disconnected at the upper elbow where needed, cleared with a flexible auger or a hose flush, reconnected, and run with water from the gutter until it exits at the splash block on the ground. Most overflows trace to the downspout outlet, not the trough.
Flashing Visual on Every Penetration
Plumbing vent boots, skylights, chimney aprons, dormer step-flashing, and kick-out flashing get a visual inspection from the eave with close-up photos. Cracked sealant, lifted edges, deteriorated vent boots, and mortar gaps are flagged in the report — replacement requires shingle removal and routes to a roofer.
North-Slope Moss Treatment
Sodium-percarbonate or zinc-based product is applied to the north-facing slope where the canopy keeps the surface damp and moss recolonizes. The chemistry kills the moss; the next rain rinses it. We never pressure-wash composition shingles — that voids the shingle warranty and tears the granules off.
Roof Debris Sweep & Photo Report
Visible roof-field debris (pine needles, branches, leaf piles in valleys) is swept from the eave where the pitch is safe to access. The full visit photo set — gutter before and after, downspout flush exit, flashing close-ups, moss treatment before and after — lands in your inbox the same day.
Annual Roof + Gutter Plan Pricing
Final pricing depends on roof height, roof pitch, gutter linear footage, tree exposure overhead, and the number of roof penetrations walked. Members pay member labor rate on add-on repairs caught during the visit and skip the per-visit trip charge. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Tell us roof height, pitch, gutter footage, and tree exposure — we will quote the annual visit.
Why Handis for the Annual Roof + Gutter Plan
Most roof and gutter failures we get called for trace to the same three issues — a downspout the previous service did not flush, moss left untreated through a winter that lifted shingle tabs, and flashing details that quietly leaked for a season before the ceiling stained. After a few thousand visits across single-story ranches, two-story colonials, and homes under mature oak and Douglas-fir canopies in the Seattle area, every one of those issues has a fix in the truck or a clear handoff to a roofer when it crosses out of the handyman trade. The annual visit is the schedule that catches them before the winter does.
Estimate
Share roof height (single or two-story), roof pitch (6:12 standard, 8:12 or steeper for premium), approximate gutter linear footage, tree exposure overhead (sparse, moderate, heavy oak or Douglas-fir), and any roof penetrations you know about (skylights, chimney, dormers). We will send back a clear annual estimate.
Customer Reviews
Recent Annual Roof + Gutter Plan reviews from verified Seattle-area customers.
Two-story under three big Douglas-firs. The tech bagged what felt like 50 pounds of needles, found one downspout completely blocked at the elbow, flushed the whole system, treated the north-slope moss with sodium-percarbonate, and walked the chimney apron and dormer flashing. Photo report had close-ups of two cracked vent boots that I never would have spotted from the ground. Recommended a roofer for those and the gutter visit closed everything else.
Single-story rambler in Shoreline, mature maple in the front yard. Gutters had not been touched in two years. The tech hand-bagged what looked like 40 pounds of leaves and pine needles into contractor bags, hauled them off, ran the flush on every downspout. Showed me a clean stream of water out of the back-corner splash block when he was done. No leaf blower onto the lawn like the last service.
Booked the plan in late August because we were tired of moss every winter. Tech treated the whole north slope with a sodium-percarbonate product, told us we would see it darken in a few days and the rain would do the rest. Two months later the moss was gone and the slope was clear. Also installed the zinc-strip add-on at the ridge for long-term control.
Two-story under heavy oak canopy in Bellevue. Tech walked every flashing detail he could safely reach from the eave, shot photos of the chimney apron, two skylights, and the kick-out flashing where the dormer wall meets the lower roof. Found a mortar gap on the chimney that had been quietly leaking. Named it in the report and gave us a roofer recommendation. Saved us a separate diagnosis call.
Steep-pitch two-story in West Seattle. The tech told me on the booking call he would not walk the roof at 9:12 and would work from the eave with a longer-handled moss-treatment tool. Worked exactly that way — no shortcut, no risk, full job done from the ladder. The slope is clear and the gutters are clean.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the Annual Roof + Gutter Plan — pricing, scope, scheduling to PNW weather, moss treatment chemistry, and what routes to a roofer.