Our own crew cleans gutters in Adelphi, flushes every downspout, tests the flow, hauls it away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing it that way for years.
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 cleaning and maintenance jobs over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our cleanings leave every run clean, and the photos show it. Some companies price cleaning per linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you do the math, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk means more time on the boom or scissor lift and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher off the ground than it looks from the street. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted buildup and the odd twig, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the gutter cleaning process and are included, never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a job last year, the house had two stories, a heavy canopy over the back of the house and a gutter run that had not been opened in about three years. What we found was a leaf mat packed into the back trough and a clog at the bottom of a downspout. We cleared it, flushed every downspout until the water ran clean at the bottom and sent the photos to the homeowner before we left. The quote was the number we gave on the phone, and the job did not change once the crew was up the ladder.
If you are not sure what your house needs, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number you can plan around. The gutter system is the part of the house most people never look at until it overflows or starts to leak, so regular gutter maintenance is the easier way to protect your home from water damage than paying for repairs later.
| 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.
Most of our customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop has finished and once in the fall after the last leaves are down. Across Maryland, the spring visit lands in mid to late May, and that is when we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. Even a gutter that looks clean from the driveway can hold leaves and debris in the back run. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and when a house has skipped the fall visit we often find clogged downspouts and runs that sag or have pulled loose by the time winter is over.
Freezing winters change what the fall visit is for. Before the first hard freeze, we clear the leaves so meltwater has a clear path to carry water away, because a trough full of water that freezes at the eave is how ice dams start. If your gutters clog in the fall and freeze, the water backs up under the shingles and shows up on a ceiling. A rain gutter that is still full of wet leaves when the cold comes is the first thing that fails, and left alone, that becomes rot and structural damage in the ceiling and wall framing. Across Maryland we see the same pattern every year, and a clean gutter going into the cold months keeps water moving away from your home, which is the cheapest insurance against that.
How often you need it depends on what is over the house and what the landscape around it looks like. Summer thunderstorms and derechos across Maryland bring heavy rainfall, and a gutter that drained fine in spring can overflow in the first full downpour. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what most of our customers here end up on, because needles, seeds and grit pack up between visits. If you have few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to clean your gutters. If you have gutter guards, you still need the surface cleared, though less often. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing.
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 Adelphi and the surrounding areas from a base close enough that we are not driving across the county to reach your street, and we check drainage and water flow on every run before we leave. Booking gutter cleaning services in Adelphi MD is simple. You call (866) 435-6328 or text us, we ask for the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the house, and if it is easy, a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, our calendar fills fast, so it is worth calling early to get your gutters on the schedule. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. We leave the yard clean.
Our Adelphi homes are a mix of older houses with long gutter runs and newer builds with a simple outline, and homeowners call from both. Whatever the house is like, residential and commercial work gets the same crew approach, and residential properties get the same kind of quote as commercial properties. Our goal is to make regular gutter cleaning easy, so you can keep your gutters on the calendar and not end up dealing with overflow or water damage later.
Our estimate comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our gutter services are quoted per house, and we do not give a range here because two houses on the same street can need very different work.
Most of our customers in Adelphi MD book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait, the spring visit finds seed and pollen packed in the elbows, and the fall visit finds the wet leaf mat before freezing weather arrives.
Most slots for a cleaning here come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on what the schedule looks like that week, so ask us when you reach out.
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 and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we clear the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a drain line runs underground and water is not coming out, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the big leaves out, but seed casings, needles and grit still sit on top and underneath, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath along the roofline, flush every downspout until the trough is clean and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheds rainwater over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity, not a blockage. 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.
Not for anything we quoted. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after the work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
