Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts here, and we flush every downspout before we leave. We see about 48 inches of precipitation a year, so drainage matters more than most people expect. The price comes from your stories, your home's size 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 a clean in the spring and fall, and we can give you a firm date when you call.
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 sitting in the gutters. We quote a clean over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we do not bill that way. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. A rain gutter that has not been opened in years comes out packed with compacted leaves and often clogged downspouts, and that is a longer clean. A gutter system with more runs, or guards we have to lift and reseat, adds time as well. Outlet flushing, a check of the water flow and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, not on the invoice.
We have seen this pattern on Worcester homes across the neighborhoods we work. A heavy load of leaves and debris, plus a clog at the elbow, usually means more hours than a light clean on a single-story home, and we say so on the phone. Where drainage backs up during heavy rainfall, the sag and buildup we find behind a run often point to structural damage or wood rot that started with a blockage, which is worth catching before the next rain. The goal of every visit is to move water away from your home and keep it from settling against the foundation.
| 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 Massachusetts the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice. Freeze-belt conditions in Worcester MA make the fall visit the one that protects the eave from ice dams.
Under heavy tree cover or a heavily planted landscape, every three to four months is what it takes to keep your gutters clear, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the runs between visits. On residential properties with few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Lots near a busy road or construction tend to need the shorter interval as well, with a clean every time the runs fill. Guards reduce how often the trough fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so they move you toward the less frequent end without removing the need for a visit. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and cleaning and maintenance then follow that tier.
If you clean your gutters on time, you avoid the bigger problems later: a clog that is caught early costs less to clear than water damage that has already reached the fascia. Keeping a clog out of the trough is the easiest way to keep your home from water damage. Our crew checks for rainwater running over the roofline, watches the flow at each outlet, and reports any blockage we see. Booking a regular gutter cleaning service on that schedule is the simplest way to protect your home, and it is the core of gutter maintenance. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the spring or fall clean date, or ask for a written estimate for the whole year.
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 send the crew from the nearest base, so there is no minimum distance to fit. Booking Worcester gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Once we have a date, we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Lead time depends on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar for cleanings fills faster, so it helps to call early.
We also do residential gutter cleaning for homeowners across the wider area, and the same crew handles the surrounding areas on the same schedule. Residential and commercial buildings get the same questions on the phone, so tell us whether it is a house or one of the commercial properties you manage. A homeowner who sees a leak forming at a seam is better off calling before it turns into water damage, so we ask about the trouble spots when you call. If you have a question about the gutter services we offer, or whether a clean is due, text the photo and we will tell you what we see from the ladder.
The number comes from stories and square footage, plus what is sitting in the gutters on the day of the clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a firm figure. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. On the houses we open in November we often find a wet leaf mat that is sitting right before the first hard freeze, and that is the visit that prevents ice at the eave. Waiting past that point usually means more debris and more time on the ladder. Call to get your gutters booked before the calendar fills.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar depends on the season and the crew's schedule.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only. The crew does not come inside, and you get a set of pictures on your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every outlet is flushed and we check that water is leaving at the bottom of each run. If a line runs underground and its drainage is not working, we tell you and quote clearing it separately. We do not start buried-line work without your approval.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and turn to paste, and that is what starts overflowing. We clear the surface, lift the panels and reseat them.
If the gutter is clean and still spills over the front edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or the drain size rather than a clog. Send us 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 the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before any work starts. The invoice matches the quote unless you approved a change.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
