Our own crew cleans gutters for homeowners. We flush every downspout until it runs clear and haul the mess away before we pack up, and we leave the trough clean. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Dover homes book the same two windows, spring and fall. Get your gutters checked before the rain sets in, and you protect your home from water damage.
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 in the gutters, and a gutter that is already clean sits at the low end. Our cleaning services in Dover get an estimate 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 run count is added up, but on our jobs the house itself decides the number more than the footage does. Most Dover homes book two cleanings a year, and each visit is quoted on its own.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest single change. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run well above the grade we measure from, and the crew has to plan the set-up around it. Gutters nobody has opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves, grit and the odd twig, which takes longer to clear than a normal season's load. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too, and a blockage in a downspout elbow adds more. Cleaning and maintenance on a set schedule keeps those jobs short, and regular gutter maintenance keeps water away from your home and off the fascia. We flush every downspout, check the flow and haul the mess off, all included in the quote and never billed as extras. We want every run clean before the truck leaves. A seam that has started to leak gets photographed and flagged, not sold on the spot. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has worked on houses where the back run sat two stories up over a slope and the downspouts were packed to the elbow with seeds. The quote came from stories and tree cover, and our gutter cleaning process ran the same as on any other job: the whole run cleared, each downspout flushed until it ran clean at the bottom, and photos sent before the truck left. If you get your gutters and downspouts cleared of packed-in leaves before the rain, the job stays predictable. A homeowner in Dover can text us a photo of the front of the house, and we can usually tell you which of those applies to your lot before anyone climbs a ladder.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 New Hampshire, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. In Dover, NH the fall visit runs October to early November, once the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in June we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and a clog there backs rainwater up into the trough and out through any seam that starts to leak. We flush each downspout before the visit ends so the seed mass does not stay in the elbow. When heavy rainfall hits a blocked run, the water goes over the edge instead of down the pipe, and a full gutter system like that is how the landscape beds under the eave get washed out. In the fall it is leaves and debris, and a winter that brings 38.9 inches of snow leaves the damage by spring: runs that sag or pull loose, fascia that starts to rot behind them, on houses that skipped the fall visit. A sagging run along the roofline that stays wet all winter is how a house picks up structural damage. Across New Hampshire the freeze and the wet leaf mat do the most damage to a rain gutter, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest, because a clean run is what keeps water away from the eave when the freeze comes.
Under heavy tree cover, cleaning and maintenance should come more often, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits and build up in the trough faster than two visits a year can keep up with. A lot with few or no trees is usually fine with one clean each year, in late fall. Guards change the rhythm, though not the job: they need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared and the drainage checked. Most lots fit the calendar above, and the commercial properties we service follow it too, though each building is quoted on its own. Our gutter cleaning services follow that calendar, and the lot sets the tier.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs to stay clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters to book a date before the rain sets in.
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 plenty of gutters, and we cover the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking a gutter cleaning service in Dover, NH starts with a quote from stories, size and tree cover. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time is set by our calendar, and when you call we will tell you the next open window and confirm a date. The two busiest windows are spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop land at the same time every season, so if you want a slot in either, book early. Dover homes with a clog, a sag or poor drainage get a water flow check first, and the buildup comes out in the same visit.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. We do both residential and commercial work, so our gutter cleaning services cover residential properties and commercial properties alike, and we only take on the jobs we can finish cleanly. Ask us for a clean your gutters appointment at any point in the year and we will check the calendar first. Our crew does regular gutter cleaning on the schedule that fits the house, and debris removal from the trough is part of the visit. Anything we pull from the trough is carried away from your home, and the trough is left clean before we leave.
Our Dover NH estimate comes from stories and size, and the quote we give by phone or text is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you that firm quote.
Across New Hampshire the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and in Dover the fall visit runs October to early November. If the fall visit gets skipped, rainwater sits in the trough under the snow and ice along the roofline, and that is how you end up with structural damage by spring. Keep your gutters clear before the first snow.
Slots depend on the calendar and the surrounding areas. We confirm the date when you call, and a clean window goes fast in spring and fall.
No. Our gutter services are exterior work, so the crew does not come inside. Every homeowner gets photos of every run and downspout 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 clean, so your gutters and downspouts are checked end to end. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet, and any blockage there is a separate job quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs we find seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and needles threaded through it. We clear the surface, check that water is actually getting in, and flag any leak at a seam.
Send us a photo or a short video of the overflow in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge, with no clog in the downspout, has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup problem, and we will say so rather than sell a second cleaning. The goal is to protect your home from water damage, not to sell a repeat visit.
Not for anything we knew about on the phone. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
