Our own crew cleans gutters in Plymouth, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover sits over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Plymouth customers book in the spring and the fall, and we have been doing that work on these streets long enough to know which runs fill first.
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 every gutter cleaning service over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Plenty of cleaning services in Plymouth price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you hear one number for the whole house before we climb.
On our jobs, cleaning and maintenance pricing comes down to a few things that push the quote up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted debris, which takes longer to clean out. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well, and a leak at a seam gets quoted separately. Clearing gutters and downspouts, the flow test and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how the gutter cleaning process went on one of our Plymouth jobs. One house with a steep back roof and a full run of leaves and twig packed into the trough took longer than the front-facing estimate suggested, and we told the homeowner that before the crew went up. The gutters came out clean, every downspout ran, and the price stayed where we quoted it. That is the whole idea: the homeowner knows what the lot needs before we arrive. When you book, we ask about the tree cover and the stories, and if a photo of the front of the house is easy to send by text, that helps us quote closer. A real quote that matches the invoice is the thing we care about most on these calls, because gutter maintenance only works when the numbers hold.
| 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 Plymouth customers book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May it is rarely clean; we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows that clog the flow, and a single clog there backs the whole run up. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and heavy rainfall pushes rainwater behind it, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March, which is how structural damage starts. Clearing the trough before that is how you protect your home from water damage.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule applies, since the dust settles into the trough. A house with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall. Guards help with the leaves but not the surface grit, so a guarded rain gutter still gets a clean, just less often. A clean, flowing run keeps water moving away from your home and off the foundation.
Our rule is to look at the gutter before we set a schedule. A gutter that looked clean in May can be full of twig and grit by fall, and we flush every downspout on every visit. Across Plymouth MA, the landscape decides how fast the leaves and debris reach the gutter system, and the sag or the rot usually shows up in the spot the water flow has been ignoring. After the first visit we tell you which tier keeps your gutters running on your lot, so you are not guessing from the 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.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on Plymouth homes from the nearest base, and reaches the surrounding areas on the same route. The crew takes residential and commercial jobs, and residential properties get the same photo report as everything else. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want to clean your gutters this season, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover.
Our gutter cleaning services fill up in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so the earlier you book, the better your chance to get your gutters done on a date that suits you. Lead time depends on the week and on what else is on the route, and we confirm the date when you call rather than promise a slot we cannot keep. Some drainage problems we find on a visit need a separate look. A blockage further down the line is not a cleaning job, and a clean gutter does not fix a drainage problem on its own, so we say so before work starts, not after. If you want regular gutter cleaning, we set up a schedule that starts with a clean first visit, so you do not have to call each season.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not guess from the street view; we want the figure to match the invoice.
Our customers here book in late May or June after the seed drop, and again in late October or November after the leaves, which helps keep your gutters flowing through the wet months. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the leaf mat is harder to clear and the runs are more likely to sag. Our crew sees the difference every year.
Every gutter cleaning service date is set when you call, based on the week and the route. Most slots come up within the week, and we do not promise same-day unless we have the slot open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come into the house, and 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 watch it until it runs clear at the bottom, because a clean run is the only result we accept. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water leaves at the outlet, away from your home, and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, guarded gutters still collect needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guard, and once that mat gets wet the water runs off the front edge. Guards cut the work down, but the surface still needs clearing and the downspouts still need flushing.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a clog, and keeping the runs clear is how you protect your home from water damage. Send us a photo or a short video 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 we find something that changes the job, like a rain gutter that needs more than a clearing, we tell you and you agree to it before the crew starts, never after. The quote is the number you pay.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
