Our own crew handles every gutter we are called to clear. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, debris is hauled away, and you get 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 over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we can give you a quote by phone or text from those three details.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, though the total still turns on the height and the mess.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down as packed muck, and it takes longer to clean than a light load, since the water away from the house has been held back for a long time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on either end of the job. Downspout flushing, water flow checks, drainage at the outlet and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the houses that run up a clog are usually the ones where the gutter has sat too long: leaves and debris packed into the trough, a sag where water pools, and clogged downspouts that are the real reason water is spilling over the edge. We see the same thing across the severna park homes we visit, and the price follows the buildup, not the address. On a job like that, the quote comes from the visit rather than from the street, and a steep front side can change the number.
If you are comparing gutter cleaning services, ask each one what is included in the number. A clean quote covers the clearing, the flush, the debris removal and the photos. If the number you get on the phone is lower than the one on the invoice, something was left out.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of your house, and we will give you the number while you are still on the line.
| 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 the spring after seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Maryland the spring visit lands in mid to late May, and the fall visit in late November to December, so the calendar is the same for most of the homes we see here.
In spring, when we open a gutter in May, we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of each downspout. In fall, the leaf load is the main thing, and on our jobs it is often wet and matted in the trough. Where freezing is a regular part of winter, the first ice shows up before the gutter has cleared, and by March we see ice dams at the eave and runs that have sagged or pulled loose on the houses that skipped the fall visit. Between freezes, the wet leaf mat is what we clean before the rainy months, and any blockage at the elbow of a downspout backs water up fast. Heavy rainfall from late summer into fall is what tests whether a gutter is still moving rainwater away from your home.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps the water moving, because needles, grit and small twigs pack the lines between visits, and a clog forms before the next one. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule applies, since the grit comes down faster. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to clean the trough. A run left sagging through a winter is how structural damage starts at the fascia, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest. If you have gutter guards, the cleaning comes less often, but the surface still needs clearing, and the downspouts still need flushing.
Twice a year is the default for gutter maintenance, and we will tell you which tier of cleanings your lot actually needs after the first visit. Ask for a written estimate on the schedule you need to keep your gutters clear, or text us a photo of the roofline and we will say which one fits.
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 crews work across severna park, and the calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring after the seed drop, and late fall after the leaves. The severna park gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, using stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. The same booking works for the homeowner and for owners of residential properties. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our crew covers the surrounding areas and every street we can reach in severna park md from the nearest base. We take residential and commercial work on the same quote method, and commercial properties are priced from the building's height, footage and buildup, the same way houses are. We keep a spot open each month for emergency clearing when a storm has backed water up behind a run. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule, or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm the earliest date we have.
A gutter cleaning service is one of the gutter services we offer, and on every visit we check the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout, and leave the trough clean. A single twig in the elbow is enough to back water up, and we clear it on every visit. That is how you protect your home from water damage and catch a leak before it starts.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you over the phone or by text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with a steep pitch and a walkable one are different jobs.
Across Maryland the spring visit lands in mid to late May, and the fall visit in late November to December. Clean your gutters before the first hard freeze, because if you wait past it we find ice behind the eave, and the runs that sagged over winter need more work.
Most slots for our cleaning services in severna park come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar fills in the busy windows of spring and fall.
No. Our crews work across severna park from the outside only, do not come inside, and send photos of every run and downspout 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 check that drainage is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground line, we tell you whether water is moving through it. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often, and the gutter system still needs its surface cleared. Grit trapped under a guard for a season can rot the fascia. On our jobs under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit from the landscape sitting on top of the guard, and water that never gets in. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, which keeps cleaning and maintenance short.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or a downspout that is too small, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and whether the water is running away from your home at the outlet. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you agree to it before the crew goes up. 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.
