Our own crew cleans gutters in Grafton, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the bags hauled off the property, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Massachusetts, most of our customers book in the spring and the fall.
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 size and what is sitting 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. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the arithmetic, but we would rather you know the whole number up front.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with buildup, leaves and debris, grit and seed casings, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A run that has begun to sag gets its hangers checked first. Clogged downspouts add time too, because each one has to be opened and flushed by hand. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. Commercial properties with a long rain gutter run are quoted the same way, from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how this plays out on a typical house. Three stories, a steep front slope and heavy tree cover that drops leaves into the same run every season means the crew spends most of its time clearing a clog that has been building for years. The Grafton homeowner hears what we found and what the job will involve before we start. Heavy tree cover is common across Grafton homes, and when heavy rainfall hits a clogged run, the water spills over the front edge and runs down the wall instead of reaching the drainage path. That is how a small leak starts at the eave, and it can cause structural damage if it sits too long. The clog is the problem; the crew clears it, flushes the line, leaves the run clean and checks that the water away from your home is actually moving.
To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. Tell us the stories, the rough square footage and whether big trees hang over the eaves, and we will give you a price that holds.
| 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 Massachusetts, most homeowners book the spring and fall visits: late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and late October to November, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find a clog at the elbow, a run that has started to sag, or a hanger that has pulled loose, all by March. Grafton MA averages about 48 inches of snow a year, and that load finishes the job. Freezing winters here make that fall visit the one that matters most, and a clean run in November is far less likely to be sagging in March.
Under heavy tree cover, or on a lot with a dense landscape of trees, needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, so those homes need regular gutter cleaning every three to four months. Houses with few or no trees need a visit once a year in late fall. Gutters that are under guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs debris removal and has to be kept clean, because a mat of wet leaves on top of a guard is what sends the water over the edge.
The rain gutter that is still clean in spring is the one that was cleared at the right time in the fall. The rainwater that runs off a clean roofline goes down the downspout; the rainwater that meets a blockage or a clog goes somewhere else, usually the wall and the foundation. Our gutter cleaning service covers the spring and fall visits and the debris removal that comes with them. If you are not sure how often to clean your gutters, book an estimate and we will tell you after the first visit which schedule your house actually requires. Residential properties and commercial properties each have their own schedule. For residential and commercial jobs we set it from what we find, not from a calendar.
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 are a crew that works the area from the nearest base, so we know the streets and the houses without a long drive. Booking a gutter cleaning service with us starts with a quote by phone or text, the same way for every homeowner, and a clean number is the one that shows up on the invoice. Tell us the stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Most of the calls we get come in at the same two busy windows, the late spring and the late fall, so the sooner you call the better your chances of getting the date you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. Our cleanings and gutter services include photos of every run and downspout on your phone once we are done. Our Grafton gutter cleaning crew covers the surrounding areas, and if you have commercial properties or a rental nearby we can schedule that too. If you have gutter guards, the crew lifts the panels and clears what is underneath. Whatever the house, we keep your gutters and downspouts clear and clean, flush every downspout, and make sure the leaves and debris leave with the crew, so the water flows away from your home. A single twig jammed in an elbow is enough to start a blockage. The job is to protect your home from water damage that starts in a blocked run or a small leak. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to start a quote and book a slot.
Our cleaning services in Grafton are priced from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We give you a price over the phone or by text, and that price is what you pay once the crew is done.
Across Massachusetts, the spring visit falls in late May or June, after the seeds and pollen fall, and the fall visit in late October or November, after the leaves are down. In a freezing winter the fall visit matters most, because runs left until spring often show a sag by March, after the ice.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If you need to get your gutters done sooner, tell us when you call and we will check what the crew has open.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside work: our crew does not come inside, and it sends 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 the water is leaving at the outlet, and a clean outlet is what we are looking for. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Guards are part of your gutter system, but if your landscape drops needles and seed casings, they still gather on top, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the edge. Guards do not replace cleaning and maintenance, so on every visit we clear the surface, keep it clean and check the flow, which keeps the water running away from your home as part of routine gutter maintenance.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water that keeps spilling over the edge is how rot gets into the fascia, so we want to see it early. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts. 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.
