Our own crew cleans gutters in Silver Spring, every drain pipe flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. A clean trough is the goal, and the photos show whether we got there. 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 on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have done that work across Maryland for the same reason: the gutters fill when the seeds drop, and again when the leaves come down.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. A clean price beats a surprise on the invoice, which is why we quote from the house. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house than make you multiply.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear the trough. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that looks like structural damage gets photographed and reported, not sold on the spot. If something changes the job once we are on site, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice. If you ask us to clean your gutters, you also hear about a loose hanger or a sagging run before we leave.
On our jobs the gutters that run the most water are the ones with clogged downspouts, where the drainage stops and the water backs up into the trough. A sag in a run usually means buildup has been sitting in it for a year or two. When we flush every drain pipe and check the water flow at the outlet, most of what we find is the same thing: the gutter system was built to drain and something is holding it back. Silver Spring homes with big trees over the house tend to need more frequent visits, which is part of the quote we give you. Our residential and commercial properties are priced the same honest way, and the residential properties we clean on a regular schedule get the same photos and the same number on the invoice. The spring and fall visits are where most of this gets caught early, and a regular gutter cleaning schedule is the cheapest way we know to keep the buildup from becoming a repair.
| 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: across Maryland the spring visit lands in mid to late May, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit comes in November to early December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the gutters and downspouts, and in the fall it is the wet leaf mat, which on a house that skipped the fall visit has often let a run sag by March. The first rain after a clog at the roofline is the one that tells you the rainwater has nowhere to go. A gutter can look clean from the ground and still hold a clog at the bottom of the pipe.
Under heavy tree cover, we see houses that need a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the pipes between cleanings and the trough stays wet through heavy rainfall. A lot with few or no trees is usually fine on a once-a-year late fall visit. A gutter with guards still needs clearing on top of the guard and under it, less often than an open gutter, but it does need it. One twig jammed in an elbow is enough to start a clog, and a leak at a seam shows up as a stain on the fascia, and the board behind it can rot before anyone sees water on the ground. The crew checks for a clean outlet at the bottom of every pipe. Near a busy road or a construction site the blockage comes faster, and we plan around that.
Where our crew has cleaned a house with no trees around it, the schedule has been once or twice a year and the gutters ran clear between visits. Where the roof sits under a mature canopy, the same gutter filled every few months and the pipes needed flushing each time. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the photos of every run on your phone so you can see the same thing we saw. Our goal on the second visit is a clean run and no surprises. Keep your gutters on a schedule that matches the trees, because that is how you protect your home from water damage.
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 cleans gutters across Silver Spring, and the houses we have worked on most are in the neighborhoods around here that sit under heavy tree cover and on the older lots where the gutters have not been opened in years. The crew covers surrounding areas from the nearest base, so a call from a homeowner in any part of the service area gets the same quote process and the same arrival window.
To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We ask how many stories it has, roughly how big it is and whether trees hang over the house, and we give you an estimate from those three things before anyone is scheduled. The lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows of the year are the spring rush across Maryland in late May and the fall rush in late November. Our Silver Spring gutter cleaning slots fill fastest, so book early for those.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Gutter maintenance is easier to fit in before the busy weeks, so get your gutters on the calendar early, and tell us about any problem you have already seen so the crew arrives ready for it. Cleaning and maintenance are quoted from the same numbers, and we walk you through the whole gutter cleaning process on the phone first. Everything goes into bags and leaves with the truck, kept well away from your home. Our crew leaves each yard as clean as it was found.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the rain gutter. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a number before anyone is scheduled. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Across Maryland, most of our customers book the spring visit in mid to late May and the fall visit in November to early December, after the last leaves and debris are down.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Ask for the earliest open window and we will tell you exactly when the crew can come, and whether a clean slot is open that week.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and pipe to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. We leave the yard clean.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check the water flow at the outlet. Where a pipe feeds an underground drain line, we check that the water is leaving and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards still need cleaning. On our jobs we find needles and seeds threaded through the mesh, seed casings and pollen mat on top, and grit settled underneath. Once that mat is wet, rain runs over the guard and off the front edge. We leave the surface clean, check that water is getting in, and reseat the guards.
If the gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the trouble is the slope, the pipe size or a landscape grade that does not carry water away from the house, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video taken 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The price we give on the phone is the price on the invoice, and a clean invoice is the only kind we send.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
