Our own crew cleans gutters in Bangor, flushes every downspout, flow-tests the run and hauls the debris away, then sends you 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 the invoice. Most of our Bangor customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf fall are done.
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. Every homeowner gets the same three questions before we quote, and every clean is priced the same way, so the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and the roof pitch are what actually change the time on the ladder.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the trough can be clean. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before any work starts, never on the invoice.
On Bangor homes we see the same few problems come up again. A gutter with a clog at the elbow, where the downspout bends, drains slowly and backs water up behind the fascia until the run starts to sag. A twig jammed in that bend is enough to start it, and once the drainage slows, the buildup in the trough rots the wood it sits on. Bangor homeowners often find a small leak at the joint before they find the clog. A run left alone for two or three seasons usually needs more time than one cleaned twice a year, and that difference shows up in the number we give you.
Our experience with gutter cleaning services in Bangor is mostly with the houses that hold water longest. A customer with a two-story house and a moderate tree line booked us after water started coming over the front edge in a heavy rain, and what we found was packed debris in two of the downspout bends and a sag in the back run. We cleared it, flushed it and told them what the water flow looked like afterward, and the quote matched the invoice. We clean your gutters for the sake of the water, not because the price looks good on a page.
We provide residential and commercial gutter cleaning, so the same crew that serves bangor homes also works on commercial properties with more stories and more roofline to cover. The residential properties we clean get the same flush of every downspout and the same photos of every run, and the price is set the same way: stories, size and what we find. Commercial gutter system work is quoted from those same three things. There is no number on this page we have not already quoted on the phone. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book your date.
| 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 Bangor customers book a clean twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Regular gutter cleaning on that rhythm is what keeps a house dry. Across Maine, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late June, and our fall visit runs from October to early November. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and in fall we find the leaf load that sits in the trough and the wet mat that rots out a run over the winter.
The fall visit matters more than people expect here, because freezing is a real risk in Bangor. Keep your gutters clean before the first hard freeze, so the water leaves at the downspout instead of sitting in the trough. We see the first ice in the gutters by the end of the year, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find ice dams at the eave and runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. A clog that is easy to clear in October becomes a blockage that holds water through a freeze, and by spring the rainwater has nowhere to go but behind the fascia, which is how structural damage starts.
Under heavy tree cover, we have customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits and the roofline keeps shedding. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Guards change the schedule a little. Under guards we still clear the surface and check the flow, but the trough stays clean and the visits can stretch out.
Here is what that looks like on the ground. One customer with no trees over the house is on a twice-a-year schedule, and the second visit each fall is just a flush and a look at the runs. A customer under a heavy canopy is on every three to four months, and most of the work is in the downspout elbows. Sticking to a schedule is how you protect your home from water damage, and each clean on that schedule is priced the same way. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in the report so you can see what we found. Ask for a phone estimate before you book, and it will match the invoice.
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 Bangor ME and the surrounding areas, and we cover the city from the nearest base. Booking runs the same way for every homeowner: you give us the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the roof, and if it is easy, a photo of the front of the house sent by text. We quote from that and confirm the date when you call at (866) 435-6328. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts from the first clean to the last photo. Homes with gutter guards are quoted as a guarded system, so mention them when you call.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop finishes and when the leaves are down. If you want a particular date in those windows, book early. Outside them there is usually room to fit a job in sooner, and we will tell you the first open day when you call. The first visit is also when we check whether the gutter cleaning process needs anything more than clearing the trough, such as a flush of every downspout or a look at where they drain. Whether you want one clean or cleaning and maintenance on a schedule, the first visit sets the plan. If there is a twig in an outlet, we clear it on the spot.
When a customer asks about a repeat visit, we keep the same crew on the house so the notes carry over, and the cleanings stay on one plan. Gutter maintenance on a fixed plan beats booking after a storm, when the water is already behind the fascia. Heavy rainfall in June, October and November is the reason most of our repeat customers book the next visit before the first one is done, and it is when getting water away from your home matters most.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not put a range here, because the same two-story house can cost more or less depending on what is in the trough.
Our customers here book late spring and late fall, and the fall visit is the one that matters most. Leaves and debris left in the trough hold water through a freeze, which is what keeps ice sitting at the eave over the winter. The first hard freeze can come before the leaves are fully down, so the fall visit should not wait.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call at (866) 435-6328.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and expect a clean report with photos when the crew is done.
Yes, we flush every downspout, including clogged downspouts, and watch the water come out at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that the water is leaving at the outlet and carrying the water away from the foundation, and we tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs we find the surface debris sitting on top of the guards, with needles and seed casings threaded through them, so the trough still needs a look. The visits can be less frequent, but we still clear underneath, check the flow and look at how the landscape drains toward the foundation.
A rain gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem, and if it goes unchecked the fascia can rot and the spill turns into structural damage.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the clean, you hear about it and agree to it before the work starts, never after. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
