Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover shades the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs, most customers book in spring and fall, which is when the most buildup shows up. Use the estimator above or call (866) 435-6328 to get started.
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. Homeowners get that quote by phone or text, and the number we give is the number we charge. Our pricing for cleaning and maintenance on a gutter system runs on those same three inputs, and so does gutter maintenance on any run. Companies offering cleaning services in Catonsville that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the stories and the load in the gutters are what actually change the work on the ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, which sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have gone years without a clean come down packed, and that takes more time than a light fall load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, never billed as extras. Getting water away from your home is the whole point of the flow test, so it is part of the job. A twig wedged in an elbow, a blockage in a drainage line that backs up, or a loose seam that could leak gets flagged on the spot. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on Catonsville homes, and the quotes that come in highest are usually the ones with heavy tree cover and steep pitches. The first step in the gutter cleaning process is a text. The homeowner who sends a photo of the front of the house before calling usually gets a quote on the first try. Send that photo by text, tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will get back to you with a number you can plan around. Ask for a written estimate if you want it in writing before anyone comes out.
| 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 here book twice a year. Across Maryland, the spring visit lands in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop is finished, and the fall visit runs late November to December, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter in May, we find seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows and pollen turned to paste along the bottom of the trough. A run that looks clean from the driveway can still be packed at the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaves and debris mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice, which is where structural damage and rot start.
Across Catonsville, precipitation averages about 51 inches a year, and May, July and September are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when a full trough overflows first. Snow runs about 28.5 inches a year, mostly in January, February, March and December, and with the freeze risk here, water left standing in a trough turns to ice.
Our gutter cleaning services run on the tiers below. Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers in Catonsville MD are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, twigs and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits. Regular cleanings are what keep a single clog from turning into a full trough. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule usually makes sense. Homes with few or no trees do well with one clean a year in late fall. Homes with gutter guards still need the surface kept clean, though less often, and the guard does not stop the grit that settles underneath.
One customer on our schedule has no trees near the house and books once a year. Another, with mature trees over the house, is on the three-to-four-month schedule because the runs clog fast. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Between visits, keep your gutters clear and the runs clean, so rainwater can leave the trough instead of spilling over the front edge. The rain gutter system on a typical home here gets cleared before the heavy weather arrives, and the schedule is built around that. Check the landscape under each downspout after a storm; soggy mulch means the water is not getting away.
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 cover Catonsville MD from the nearest base, and the crew works the whole city and the surrounding areas, not just one neighborhood. Booking is simple. You call or text us at (866) 435-6328, we ask about the stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and if it is easy for you, a photo of the front of the house helps us quote quickly. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm your date when you call. Our gutter cleaning service books up fastest in late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills, so call early to get your gutters on the schedule.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Booking works the same for residential and commercial jobs, so if you want a slot in the busy months, call us early and we will tell you what is open. Our crew is on the ladder for the gutters and the roofline edge and nothing else, and we leave every run clean and tell you what we find before we go. Both residential properties and commercial properties get the same photo report.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and our gutter services are quoted from those three things by phone or text. We do not quote a figure off a chart. The price we give is the price on the invoice, and the gutters are left clean.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, and that rhythm is what keeps regular gutter cleaning on track. If you wait past the fall visit, we find the wet leaves and grit packed into the runs, and on houses that go into winter that way we see sagging by March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need the gutters clean sooner, ask and we will tell you what is open.
No. Our crew works outside on the gutters and the runs and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we will send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that the water flow is leaving the outlet, so the run is clean from top to bottom. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we find needles threaded through, seed casings on top and grit underneath, and that layer is what keeps water from getting in. The way to keep your gutters flowing under guards is to clear the top on schedule, which means less often than an open gutter, and to leave the run clean underneath.
If a clean gutter still spills water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity, not a cleaning problem. 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. Keeping the trough clear is how you protect your home from water damage.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and agree to it before work starts, never after. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, and the crew leaves the gutters clean once the job is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
