Our own crew cleans gutters here and leaves them clean, every run flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and seeds 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 is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers in Lochearn book in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule 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 stories, 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. Homeowners get that same flat figure from our cleaning services in Lochearn, and the quote covers the whole house. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but a flat quote from the house itself is easier to check against the work.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted leaf and seed load, and a twig or a clog at an elbow adds time on its own. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of our gutter maintenance and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before the work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the quote is decided mostly by height and tree cover. When we open a gutter for a homeowner who has a heavy tree canopy overhead, the leaf and seed load is the first thing we weigh, and the quote follows it. Before we come out we ask for three things, the stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easy for you to send. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the job quick, because a clean run is faster to clear than one that has been left to rot away from your home.
Every quote we give is for the job as it stands. If the cleaning and maintenance on a run has been put off, we tell you before we start and show you the photos so you can decide. Nothing gets added once the crew is up there. Our gutter cleaning process starts with the quote and ends with the photos on your phone.
| 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.
Across Maryland, the spring visit falls in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and most of our customers book the fall visit for late November to December, after the last leaves are down. Those are the visits where the gutter system does its work and where we see the problems start. In Lochearn the wettest months are May, July and September, and heavy rainfall is what finds the weak spots.
In spring we find the seeds, the seed casings and the pollen paste packed into the lower elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and here we also watch for the first freeze, because ice dams form at the eave when the rainwater has nowhere to go. On houses that skipped the fall visit we often find a run that has begun to sag, or has started to leak at the joints, or has pulled loose by March, and that is the cost of waiting. Across Maryland the same pattern shows up on the rain gutter, which is why the fall visit matters most here. Across Maryland, summer thunderstorms and derechos are what pull a full run loose, and a full run is the one that fails first, which is where structural damage starts.
Under heavy tree cover, we see clogged downspouts every three to four months, and a blockage at the elbow is usually the first sign, because needles and grit pack the lower runs between visits. A house with few or no trees usually needs only one of these cleanings a year, in late fall, and that visit leaves a clean run through the winter. Gutter guards cut the work down, but they still need the surface cleared, and that is a visit of its own on most lots. The gutter cleaning services we run on these schedules are built around what the landscape actually drops, not a fixed calendar.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the photos on your phone so you can see it for yourself. Our goal is simple: keep your gutters clean and moving water away from the house.
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 Lochearn MD and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and the crew has worked across Lochearn homes of every size. Our gutter cleaning service is quoted by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy for you. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows of the year are the spring and fall visits, when our schedule fills quickly. Book early if you want a specific week. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the calendar with you.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If your gutters have not been opened in a while, the first booking is often the longest, so tell us that when you call. We run the same crew on residential and commercial properties, so if you manage a building as well as a house, one phone call covers both. Our crew knows how to clean your gutters without leaving leaves and debris behind on the lawn or the deck.
Regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule keeps the work predictable for both sides, and if you want to get your gutters on that schedule, we set the first date when you book. We keep a record for each of the residential properties on our schedule, and every visit starts from what we found last time and whether the run was clean. If your home is in a spot where water collects, or where a buildup of debris sits, mention it when you book, and we will look at the drainage on the first visit.
Our gutter services are priced from stories and size, and once we know those we give you an estimate by phone or text. The figure on the invoice is the same one we give you on the phone. Send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall, because those are the visits that catch the seeds and the leaf load. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that have sagged under ice by March. Booking the visit is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage. Houses under heavy trees usually come back every three to four months.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, and we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the busy seasons. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what we have.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and every outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout, and we check the gutters and downspouts for water flow. If water is not leaving at the outlet of an underground line, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, on our jobs guards hold back the leaves but not the seeds, grit and needles that turn into a paste on top. We clear the surface, flush the runs and leave the guards and gutters clean. The visit is shorter, but it is still needed.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets rainwater over the edge has a slope or outlet problem, not a buildup problem. 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.
It should not. The quote is for the job as it stands, and if the crew finds something that changes it, we raise it before work starts. Nothing is added on the invoice that was not agreed on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
