Our own crew cleans gutters for homeowners here, flushes each downspout until the water runs clean at the bottom, hauls the leaves and grit away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Spring and fall are when most of our customers book, and we have been doing this work on those same visits 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 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. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, though the total still turns on the same three factors.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, which slows the drainage at every run and makes each one take longer to get clean. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to the job. Flushing every downspout, flow testing it and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our work here, the quote has come down to what the gutters held when we opened them. If a back run is packed with buildup, the crew says so before the ladder goes up, and the extra time is quoted before any work starts. That is how we want every quote for a homeowner to go: the reason is stated before the work, and the number does not move afterward.
Residential properties and commercial properties are priced the same way, by what the building actually needs. Gutter cleaning services on a schedule keep the clog from forming, which costs less than clearing a rain gutter that has been left to sag. Clean your gutters every season and most of the expensive surprises, like structural damage and wood rot in the fascia, never happen.
| 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 late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Maryland, the spring visit lands in mid to late May, and by then the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have pulled loose or sagged before March. Each visit clears the rainwater path, so the water leaves the roofline before a clog can form and spill behind it. Summer thunderstorms and derechos test that path hardest across Maryland, so a clean run going into summer is worth the visit.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a three to four month schedule, because needles, grit and the occasional twig build up between visits and start a blockage before the next cleaning. With few or no trees near the landscape, once a year in late fall is usually enough, and houses with guards still need the surface cleared, just less often. On a well-run gutter system, the job is to keep the drainage open through the gutters and each downspout so the leaves never reach the point of a blockage, and any leak at a seam gets reported before it reaches the fascia.
After the first visit we tell you which gutter maintenance tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate reflects that, including how many cleanings a year it calls for. Whatever the schedule, the aim is to protect your home from water damage and keep your gutters clean and working through the rainy months across Edgewood MD. Here, the wettest months are July, September and October.
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 offers cleaning services in Edgewood MD and covers the whole city, so we do not stop at a single block. Booking starts with a quote: call (866) 435-6328 or text us the stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. From there we set a date for a clean, straightforward job, and the lead time depends on the season and the week. The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so book early if you want a particular date.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Keep the side gate unlocked and move any cars that block the driveway, and the crew does the rest so you get a clean finish on the house. Commercial properties and homeowners both get the same careful approach on the job, from the first ladder to the last photo, which is what keeps the edgewood gutter cleaning process predictable for the people who book us. Heavy rainfall is the reason most people call, and the work is built around getting the water away from your home before the next storm. Our gutter services cover cleaning and maintenance for homeowners here, so get your gutters on the calendar early.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure or range here, because Edgewood homes vary too much for a single number. Tell us the three things and the number we give you is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in late fall. If the gutters wait past the first hard freeze, we find the runs have started to sag or pull loose by March on houses that skipped the fall visit, so the earlier visit is the safer one.
Call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm a date on the call, and most slots come up within the week. Same-day is not something we promise, so ask for the earliest open date when you book.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends 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 leaves the outlet. Clearing a buried underground line is a separate job that we quote before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often. Under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the mesh, and once that mat is wet, water runs over the front edge instead of going in. We clear the surface, clear any clogged downspouts, and check the water flow at each run.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. 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.
