Our own crew cleans gutters in Maine, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, 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 when the clean is done. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care on the setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and the clogged downspouts underneath take longer to clear than a light fall of leaves. Guards we have to lift and reseat before the clean add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and we check the water flow at the outlet before we leave. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Maine homes we have cleaned rain gutter runs where nobody had been up in a long time, and the buildup was thick enough to choke the outlets before the first heavy rainfall. Left like that, a run that starts to sag can lead to structural damage, and water that cannot drain finds a leak at the seam long before anyone sees the rot. Those jobs take a little longer than a routine clean, and we say so up front. A quick photo of the front of the house sent by text helps us give you a firm number before we arrive. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what to expect.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 residential and commercial customers in Maine IL book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Illinois, the spring visit usually lands in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows, the first clog of the season, and a paste of pollen sitting in the trough. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March after a winter of ice weight.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see work, because needles, a twig or two and grit pack the downspout between visits, and a clog or blockage builds without much warning. Once the trough fills, rainwater has nowhere to go and it spills over the front edge. Houses with few or no trees on the landscape usually keep good drainage with a once-a-year clean in late fall. Homes near a busy road or active construction can run on the same shorter schedule as heavy tree cover, since the dust and debris settle into the gutter just as fast, and cleanings there come around more often than a quiet street needs.
A homeowner with guards still needs a visit, but less often, with each clean including the surface cleared and the guards checked. After the first visit we tell you which tier your gutter system actually needs, and you can book the next date right then. Think of it as gutter maintenance: cleaning and maintenance on a schedule, not a one-time job.
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 gutter services cover Maine and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we work across Maine with the same process on every house. Every stop follows the same gutter cleaning process, from the phone quote to the photos. We clean residential properties and commercial properties alike, and the crew treats each one the same way. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We are one of the cleaning services in maine that quotes the number up front and holds to it.
Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our Maine gutter cleaning calendar fills in the two busy windows of spring and fall, so it is worth calling early in those months. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get your gutters on the calendar.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. You do not have to stand around while the crew works, and you get photos of every run and downspout on your phone before the truck leaves. If your gutters have been neglected, we can do a clean that helps protect your home from water damage before the next heavy rain, and we will flush every downspout to help move the water away from your home. Clean your gutters on a regular schedule and you avoid the bigger repairs that come from overflow, which is one more reason to keep regular gutter cleaning on the calendar, and to keep your gutters clear between seasons.
We quote the number from stories and size, by phone or text, so Maine homeowners get one figure before we arrive. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall, and most maine homeowners who call early get the slot they want. If the spring visit waits until after the seed drop, the downspout takes longer to clear, so get your gutters on the schedule before then. The fall visit is the one that protects the house before the first hard freeze.
We confirm the date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. If you need something sooner, ask and we will tell you what the calendar looks like.
No. Our gutter cleaning process works outside only: the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Downspout flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included, and every downspout is flushed and flow-tested at the outlet. If a line runs underground and water is not leaving, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it. Those are the cleaning services in maine that come in the price, and nothing on that list is an add-on.
Yes, but less often. Under guards on Maine houses we still find seed pods, leaves, needles, the odd twig and grit sitting on top of the mesh, and once it is wet water runs over the front edge instead of going in. For guarded gutters, cleaning and maintenance means the surface, the guards and the downspouts all get checked.
Send us a photo or short video in the rain. A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or downspout-capacity problem, not a debris problem, and we will tell you what it is and make sure the water runs away from your home, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree before the work starts. The quote from the phone call holds.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
