Our crew cleans gutters across Baltimore, flushes every downspout, tests the flow, hauls away what comes out, and takes photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Maryland, spring visits land in mid to late May, after the seed drop, and fall visits run late November to December, before the ice sets in. Use the estimator above or call (866) 435-6328 to get started, and we will tell you when to clean your gutters.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Homeowners want a number before anyone climbs a ladder, and the price depends on how many stories the house has, the 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. Each of our cleanings is priced from those same three details. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot and land in a similar place, but on our jobs the height and access do most of the work.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roofline you cannot walk changes the work more than the length of the run does. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the boom or scissor lift has to reach farther. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, and that takes longer than a light fall of leaves. A gutter with a leak at a seam or a clog in the elbow adds time as well. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. A clean, open run goes quickly. A packed one does not. Once a clog is out, the flow test tells us whether the run is clean all the way to the outlet. If anything we find changes the job, we tell you before work starts, not on the invoice.
Homes with a few mature trees near the house and two stories often carry more buildup than the length of the run suggests, and that is priced in from the start. Heavy rainfall peaks in July, August and September, when Baltimore averages 43.7 inches of rain a year, so a gutter that is still full when the wet season starts has no room left. Text a photo of the front of the house before you call and we can see the stories and the tree cover without a visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or send that photo, and we will give you a written estimate from the same three details.
| 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.
The two cleanings that matter most are spring and fall. Across Maryland, the spring visit falls in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late November to December, after the last leaves come down. A gutter that comes out clean in November can still be full by March if the leaves keep falling. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In late fall it is the wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice. Commercial properties follow the same two windows.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what keeps a gutter system clear, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the gutter between visits. Houses across Baltimore with few or no trees need our gutter cleaning services once a year in late fall. Guards cut down how often the gutter itself fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded houses come in less often without coming in never. Our crew checks the landscape and drainage around the house on the first visit, because a bed that drains toward the foundation, or a spout that dumps at the wall, sends rainwater back where it does the most damage, and that can turn into structural damage and rot over a few seasons. A clean run carries the water away from the house, and that is the whole point.
A house with no trees and a twice-a-year schedule usually comes down to one thing: a clean rain gutter and no stains on the siding. Under trees on a three-month schedule, the spring visit is where clogged downspouts show up, and that is where the flushing earns its keep. Neither schedule is a fixed rule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in the photos we send. Homes that skip the fall visit can end up with a seam that will leak, and a leak caught in a photo is cheaper than a stain on the ceiling. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your gutters, and we will book your spring or fall date with you.
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.
We clean gutters from the nearest base, and the crew covers the full service area rather than a short list of streets. We provide cleaning services in Baltimore MD and the surrounding areas. Every gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your square footage and the tree cover over the house, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. The gutter cleaning process starts with that quote and ends with photos on your phone, after a water flow check at every outlet. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so call early if you want to get your gutters on the schedule for those weeks.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside and does not go inside. Clean your gutters between visits, because regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the next visit short, and gutter maintenance on a set schedule keeps each one small. If a clog, a sag or poor drainage shows up between visits, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for the next open window. We serve Baltimore homes and residential properties, and our residential and commercial work runs on one booking calendar, so a homeowner can book in the same week a building manager does, and both get the same cleaning and maintenance. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts from top to bottom. Debris removal is part of every visit, and what comes out is bagged and hauled away from your home.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text. We do not give a figure on this page because the house decides it, and our gutter services are quoted one house at a time. Text a photo of the front of the house and we will send a written estimate.
It depends on your tree cover. Across Maryland, the spring visit lands in mid to late May and the fall visit in late November to December. To keep your gutters clear under heavy trees, plan a visit every three to four months, and if you skip the fall visit we see runs that sag under ice by March, so the fall visit matters.
Most slots come up within the week for homes in the surrounding areas, and we confirm the date when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 and ask for the next open window, because the same-day answer changes with the crew schedule that week.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of the gutters and downspouts to your phone before the truck leaves. Being away from your home during the visit is normal. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a line runs underground and water is not coming out the far end, a clog or a blockage somewhere along the line is the likely cause, and we tell you. Clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it. Clear gutters help protect your home from rainwater that would otherwise sit against the foundation.
Yes, guarded gutters still need clearing on the surface. Seed casings and fine grit sit on top of the guard along the roofline and settle underneath, and once that mat is wet, the rain runs off the front edge instead of into the outlet. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them, so the water has a clean path in and helps keep the home from water damage.
If a gutter that is clean still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote 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.
