Our own crew provides cleaning services in Takoma Park MD, flushing every downspout, checking that each one runs clean at the outlet, hauling the leaves and grit away and taking photos of every run before we leave. The price for our gutter service comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Spring and fall are when most people book, and we keep the calendar open for both.
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. We quote each Takoma Park homeowner over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured, but we would rather quote the whole house.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the back run, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter underneath can be cleared. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every gutter maintenance visit and never billed as extras. Our gutter cleaning process includes a drainage check at each outlet, because that is where you can see the water flow and find out whether it is actually leaving. Clean gutters carry water away from your home, and that is the whole point. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Takoma Park homes with heavy tree cover tend to need more than a house with a clean outline, because the leaf mat and twig buildup sit in the gutter and the outlets clog from the top. We talk through that on the phone before we come, so there are no surprises on the ladder. The cleaning and maintenance visit covers gutters and downspouts on every side of the house, and it is the same crew and the same photos whether it is a small house or a big one; only the time on the ladder changes. For a quote, get your gutters looked at by phone or text, send a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the job is. Cleanings are booked by the visit, and the price stays the same for the scope we agreed on.
| 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 Takoma Park customers book twice a year. Across Maryland, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late May, after the seeds and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in November to early December, after the last leaves and debris are down. Takoma Park averages about 48 inches of rain a year, so the rainwater has a lot to move, and heavy rainfall peaks in May, June and July. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seed casings and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and in a freeze month the first ice starts to form at the eave. On houses that skip the fall visit we find a rain gutter that has sagged or pulled loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see holding up, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Left alone, the grit and leaves can clog the runs and leave clogged downspouts by late fall. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit alone can justify a shorter cycle. Gutter guards extend the time between visits, but the surface still needs clearing, and under guards the buildup is often stuck to the mesh rather than sitting in the trough. Left unchecked, that buildup can start a leak, let the fascia rot, and cause structural damage.
After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters, based on what your lot actually needs. We look at what came out of the gutter system, how clean each downspout ran at the outlet, and how much leaf load came off the shingles, and we write it down in the photos we send you.
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 Takoma Park MD from the nearest base, and we have cleaned gutters across Takoma Park on residential and commercial jobs. Residential properties and commercial properties get the same crew and the same photos. Our gutter cleaning service starts with a short call or text: stories, size, tree cover and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. In the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, the calendar fills first, so it helps to call early.
Scheduling depends on the crew's route for that week, and we tell you the lead time when you call. The job itself is clean and documented, and the crew leaves the landscape as it was found, which is part of why repeat customers keep booking the same slot each year. If you want regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule, we can hold the next visit date when we finish the first one, and that is how you keep your gutters clear all year.
Our gutter services are priced from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, for Takoma Park MD and surrounding areas. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you an estimate before we come.
Across Maryland, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late May, and the fall visit in November to early December. Keeping the gutters clean is how you protect your home from water damage, and waiting past the leaves can let the wet mat and the freeze sag the runs by March.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and we do not promise same-day unless the route has an opening.
No. The 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 check for a blockage that keeps water from leaving at the outlet. Work on a buried drain line is quoted separately, and we tell you before we touch it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs the mesh holds leaves, but needles and grit still get through and sit on top of the guard, so the surface needs clearing too.
We send you a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter that still overflows usually has a slope or downspout size problem, and we tell you that plainly rather than sell a second cleaning.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, we call you and agree on it before the crew continues. Text a photo of the roofline to (866) 435-6328 to check the scope first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
