Our own crew handles gutters and downspouts in New Haven CT by hand: every pipe flushed and flow-tested, the muck hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see the work is clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book across Connecticut in the spring and fall, once the seed drop and the last leaves are down. Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front and we will tell you what the job needs.
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 give is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of gutter, though that method rarely matches what the crew actually finds on the ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and debris, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run.
Flushing the outlet pipes, water flow testing, drainage checks and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice. Clogged downspouts get flushed first. A clog we can see from the ground is one thing; a buildup that sits behind the elbow and only shows once the water runs is another, and you hear about it before we begin. A sag that holds water can end in structural damage to the fascia, so we flag it before anyone touches the run.
Our crew has cleaned rain gutter runs on many New Haven homes, and the quote on each one came down to the same three questions: how tall, how big, and how much canopy. We do not put a figure on a neighbor's house here. What we do is tell you what we will look at and what it will cost before anyone climbs a ladder to clean it. Send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easier, and we will call back with a number built from what we see.
| 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.
Across Connecticut, most customers book the spring visit in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes. The fall visit falls in late October or November, after the last leaves are down, and it is the visit that gets your gutters clean before winter. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of each pipe. In the fall it is a wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit, the runs that sag or pull loose by March are the ones that carried ice all winter.
New Haven gets heavy rainfall, about 41.8 inches a year, and April, September and October are the wettest months, so a rainwater backup can start from a single blockage, even one twig in the elbow. The first sign is usually water spilling over the roofline edge instead of draining out the pipe. Freeze risk is real here: snow falls from December through March, and the water trapped behind a full gutter becomes ice dams at the eave that lift shingles from underneath. That is why the fall visit matters more here than in a milder climate. The fall clean is the one that keeps the gutter line clear before the first hard freeze.
Tree cover changes the schedule. Under heavy canopy, needles and grit pack the drain pipes between visits, so regular gutter cleaning matters more in those yards. A house with few or no trees can often manage with the fall visit alone. Guards run less often, but the surface still needs clearing, and a guarded gutter with grit sitting on top is still a clog waiting to happen. The surface needs a clean at each visit. Whatever gutter cleaning service you book, make sure debris removal is part of the visit.
After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters on your lot, based on what came out of the gutter and how the water ran. Our crew handles residential and commercial work on the same calendar, so the spring and fall visits can be booked as one job. Call (866) 435-6328 for the first slot, or ask for a written estimate that covers the whole year.
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 works across New Haven and the surrounding areas, covering the houses from the nearest base without needing to name it. Every New Haven gutter cleaning booking runs the same way: you call or text, we ask for the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the eaves, and if you can send a photo of the house front, the price is easy to build from there. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date with you on the call rather than promise it in advance. If your house already has gutter guards, say so when you call, since the crew lifts them to clear underneath.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months keeps the slot you want. We call before we come, and no homeowner has to be home for the visit. Between cleanings, a photo of the trough tells us more than a description does. If you have a question about a particular house, text a photo of the back of the house and we will reply with what we see.
New Haven homeowners who have had water damage from a blocked gutter tend to ask how quickly a crew can get out. The honest answer is that the first visit clears the blockage, and the second step is figuring out why it blocked. Water damage usually starts small, with a leak at a seam or a stain on the fascia. Protect your home from water damage by keeping your gutters on a regular schedule, and let us flush every downspout so you know the water is leaving the house the way it should.
We handle residential properties and commercial properties alike, and our gutter services clean the troughs on a set schedule for both. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar, or text a photo and ask for a written estimate.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much muck is in the gutters. Our cleaning services in New Haven are quoted over the phone or by text, and the number we give is the number on the invoice. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will call you back with it.
Across Connecticut, most customers book the spring visit in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October or November, after the last leaves. Gutter maintenance done on that schedule catches sagging runs before they turn into ice damage by March.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with the call, when we confirm the date against that week's calendar. We tell you the earliest open slot on that call.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, so you can get your gutters done while you are at work. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Yes, every pipe gets flushed and we watch the water run to the outlet. If a line drains underground and water is not leaving at the end, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them and mat into a layer that sheds water over the edge. The guards are part of the gutter system, so they need cleaning and maintenance too; under them we give the trough a clean and check that water is still getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or drainage problem, and another cleaning will not fix that. Left alone, that spill can rot the fascia board behind it. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is, because our job is to get the water away from your home.
Only if something we find changes the job, and we raise it before work starts. The number we gave is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
