Our own crew cleans gutters for local homeowners, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, 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 sits over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that has been true across Maryland for as long as we have been running crews here.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
A Severn homeowner usually asks about price first, and the answer comes down to stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the length is multiplied out, but we find the stories and the condition of the trough tell us more than the footage does. The goal is a clean trough and a downspout that runs clean, and the price follows the work it takes to get there.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the house, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years are often packed with compacted buildup, and that is slow work; clogged downspouts add time too, and in a gutter system each run has to clear before the crew moves on. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, because the whole point is to carry water away from your home. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Where we see this most is in the older neighborhoods around here, where the homes have deeper leaf loads and the gutters have not been opened in a long while. On one of our Severn gutter cleaning jobs, the tree cover and the condition of the trough were what moved the quote, and the crew flushed every downspout until each one ran clean to the bottom. That case is linked from our project pages. Severn homes with heavy canopy tend to hold more of the leaves and debris, and that is part of why we ask about trees on the phone. On most gutter systems the clog sits in the elbow, not the run, and where a downspout empties onto the landscape the crew checks the outlet too. That is why the water flow test checks drainage on every downspout.
If you can text a photo of the front of the house, that helps us give a closer number before the crew goes out. We will tell you what we see from that photo and what we will need to check on the roof. Our gutter cleaning services are priced to the house, not to a rate card, and the same logic applies to commercial properties. The goal on every job is a clean run on every downspout and a clean invoice that matches the quote. We will say plainly if something in the photo is outside what we do.
| 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 spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Maryland, spring visits run mid to late May, and fall visits land in late October to November. When we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. The spring and fall visits do most of the work to keep a typical lot clean.
Gutter cleaning in Severn MD follows the same rhythm for most lots. Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments and grit pack the downspouts between visits. That is the regular gutter cleaning rhythm for those lots, and it keeps a clog from forming at the rainwater outlet. Clean your gutters on that cycle and nobody has to wait for a backup. A house with few or no trees is usually fine with one visit a year in late fall. A rain gutter that stays full all summer sags first, and a gutter guard does not end the need for cleaning; it changes what gets in, and the surface still needs clearing.
Freeze and ice matter here too. Snow here averages about 19 inches a year, mostly from December through March, and once the first hard freeze arrives a blockage along the roofline can hold water against the house. The ice that forms there is what lifts shingles and loosens the gutter, and it is often why homeowners here call in March with a sag and a stain. A full trough can also leak water behind the fascia, and that is how a small clog turns into fascia rot. Heavy rainfall makes it worse. July, September and October are the wettest months here, and across Maryland summer thunderstorms and derechos can drop a lot of water in a short time. A trough already full of leaves overflows first. Left alone for years, that water can cause structural damage at the fascia and soffit. Our fall visit is timed to clear the trough before the first freeze.
When the crew comes out, we look at the leaf load and the seed load and tell you which tier your lot actually needs. The schedule is set after that first visit, not guessed before it. A recurring plan is simply gutter maintenance on a calendar, and most typical lots land at two cleanings a year. We set the same schedule logic for residential and commercial buildings, and residential properties with big trees usually land on the three-to-four-month tier. If you want a written estimate for a recurring schedule, ask when you call and we will put the frequency in writing. A clean schedule beats a rushed fix every time.
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 has cleaned gutters across Severn, and we cover the surrounding areas from the nearest crew base. If you are looking for cleaning services in Severn, our crew is the one you will meet on the ladder. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a phone call or a text at (866) 435-6328, and the easiest way to get your gutters on the schedule is to call early. We give a quote from stories, house size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send, along with a note on how clean the gutters look from the ground. Lead time changes with the season, so book early, especially for the late May spring window and the late October to November fall window.
A homeowner does not need to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not come inside. Each gutter cleaning service visit ends with photos of every run and downspout on your phone before the truck leaves, and we flush every downspout and check the outlet before we pack up. If your gutters have not been cleaned in years, tell us when you call so we can plan the time on the ladder. A clean gutter that still overflows after the crew leaves is a slope problem, and we will say so instead of selling a second cleaning.
Our crew works the same way on a house that needs a quick visit and one that needs a full clear of every run. We keep the booking simple so that gutter services fit around your schedule, and we explain what we will do before we start. We clean residential properties and commercial properties on the same basis, and our cleaning and maintenance visits are priced the same way. If something else turns up higher on the house, we photograph it and report it, and we do not sell it. We also keep the ground clean around the house, and that is how we keep your gutters and downspouts working for the long haul and help protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. The number we give on the phone is what you pay.
Across Maryland, spring visits run mid to late May, and most of our Severn customers book then, after the seed and pollen drop. The second visit lands in late October or November, after the leaves come down and before a hard freeze. If the fall visit gets skipped, we often find runs that have sagged by March, and a rotted board is usually the next problem.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know what to expect.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run to your phone before we leave.
Yes. Every downspout in your gutter system is flushed and flow-tested until it runs clean at the bottom, and we check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it, so the drainage fix is never a surprise.
Yes. Under big trees, guards keep out the large leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and underneath. We lift the panels, clear what is under them, and reseat them. Gutter guards change the job but not the need for a gutter cleaning service, and the gutter runs clean again once the panels are back.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. If the gutter is clean and still spills over the front edge, it is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, and we will not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. If something turns up that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, not after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
