Our own crew cleans gutters for homeowners, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Wells homes book in the spring and the fall, and we can have you on the calendar with a quick call. A clean run carries water away from the house before it can leak into the fascia.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we give you one figure for the whole job, with debris removal included.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be reached. A clog in one run, or clogged downspouts that need the elbows cleared, adds time on the ladder. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent job the house sat in a neighborhood with heavy leaf cover from the trees along the lot line, and the gutters had not been opened in several seasons. The crew found a buildup of leaves and debris packed into the trough and the downspout elbows full of grit, which is what drove the time on the ladder. Another customer with a single story and very little overhead cover saw a much shorter visit, because there was not much to pull out of the runs. We bring the same approach to every house: clean the runs, flush every downspout to keep water away from the foundation, and report what we see.
If a gutter is clogged and water is spilling over the edge, that water runs down the wall and can cause structural damage to the fascia and the soil around the foundation. A clean, flowing rain gutter carries rainwater away from the house, and that drainage is the whole goal of the visit. A gutter system that drains well also keeps water off the fascia, and that is what we price for. Commercial properties in the area are quoted per building on the same basis.
| 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 Wells ME customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall. In the spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows and a paste of pollen sitting in the trough. The fall window we book most is October to early November, after the last leaves come down and the wet leaf mat has built up. Each visit leaves the trough clean, so the next storm has somewhere to go. In Wells the wettest months are March, October and December, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sag or pull loose by March, after the snow has loaded them.
How often you clean your gutters depends on the trees more than the calendar. Under heavy tree cover or a dense landscape of trees, we put those houses on a schedule of cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the runs open through heavy rainfall, and across Maine nor'easters dump wet snow and rain in the same storm. A house with few or no trees over it is usually fine with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleaned, because grit builds up on top of the guard and can still cause a clog.
The first visit is when we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs. We look at the roofline, the trees, the runs and the downspout elbows, and we give you a straight answer. Gutter cleaning service is planned around that answer, and clogs get caught before they turn into water in the basement. Every visit after that starts from a clean baseline.
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 has worked across Wells and the surrounding areas along the coast, and we cover the whole town from our nearest base. Wells gutter cleaning is booked by phone. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. A homeowner does not need to be home for the exterior work, and we call before we come. Our calendar fills in the busiest weeks of spring and fall, so get your gutters on the schedule early in those windows.
When you call, tell us how many stories the house has, roughly how big it is and whether big trees hang over the eaves. A photo of the house front is enough to start. We will confirm the date and the arrival window with you, and before we leave we send photos of the gutters and downspouts, so you can see the work for yourself.
Our gutter services cover residential properties and commercial buildings alike, and we make the same promise on both. Every downspout is flushed, every run is checked, and each property is left clean with the photos sent to you. Our cleaning and maintenance visits are meant to keep your gutters working through the seasons and to protect your home from water damage before it starts.
Our cleaning services in Wells are priced from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-off are included, and the job stays clean from start to finish.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in the fall, and the fall window we book most is October to early November. Gutter maintenance in that window clears the wet leaf mat before the wettest months, which are March, October and December. Skip the fall visit and the first freeze can leave sagging runs by March, so late fall is the one we push hardest.
Most slots come up within the week. The gutter cleaning process starts with a call, where we confirm a date and an arrival window, and we will tell you straight if something sooner is open.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sets ladder stand-offs so nothing rests on the gutter lip, keeping ladders away from your home. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck leaves, and the yard is left clean.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and can still cause a blockage. We clean the surface and check that water is getting in.
Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter that still spills over the edge usually has a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you what it is rather than sell a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts, so the invoice stays clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the eaves for a written estimate.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
