Our own crew cleans gutters in Exeter, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see the gutter run clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Exeter customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule across the town for years.
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, how big it is 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. Companies that offer gutter cleaning services and price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a typical house the stories and access drive most of the difference. Your quote is built from your house, not from a number pulled off a chart.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter line, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters and downspouts that nobody has opened in years hold compacted debris and a heavy buildup of grit that takes longer to clean out by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on top of the cleaning. We flush every downspout and test the flow, and debris removal is included in the price, never billed as an extra. The crew checks that each downspout carries water away from the house. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Exeter jobs, one house with a steep back run and a heavy load of leaves and debris in the rain gutter took a little longer than the front of the house suggested. The crew cleared the gutter until it ran clean, flushed the clogged downspouts and checked the drainage at the outlet, and the photos of each run went to the homeowner before the truck left. The cause of the slow flow was a clog at the elbow, not structural damage to the gutter itself. We mention it because a gutter with a sag, or one that pulls away from the fascia, is a different job from one that only needs clearing, and we say which one it is before we start.
Most of our Exeter homes sit in the middle of the range, and the quote reflects that. If you keep up with regular gutter cleaning, the work stays predictable and the gutter comes out clean. If rainwater has been running over the edge for a long time, the crew will show you the water flow problem and what it could mean for the house, including a leak at the fascia, and we still give you the same quote on the phone before anyone climbs up. Commercial properties are priced the same way, from stories, size and what is in the gutters.
| 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.
Most of our Exeter NH customers book twice a year, in late spring after seed and pollen drop, and in fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here after the spring thaw we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see the first ice forming at the eave and runs that have sagged under it by late winter. Those ice dams are the reason the fall visit exists in a freeze-belt town. Our fall visit runs October to early November, and good gutter maintenance starts with a clean gutter in the fall.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the roofline, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A gutter with a clog at the bottom of a downspout will back up the whole run and show up as a blockage the next time it rains. Residential properties with few or no trees need a visit once a year in late fall, and that is usually enough. Guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, but less often than open ones. Heavy rainfall shows the difference fast: a clean run sheds rainwater, and a packed one spills over the front edge.
Some of our Exeter jobs are on the twice-a-year schedule and some are on the every-three-to-four-month schedule, and the difference is the trees and the landscape around the house. We can point to the case of a home with no trees over the eave on the once-a-year schedule, and a home under trees on the more frequent one, once we have the address. After the first visit we give you an estimate of which tier your gutter system actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first date for your gutter cleaning service. Whichever tier fits, you can clean your gutters on a fixed calendar and never wonder when the next visit is due.
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 kept gutters clean across Exeter, and Exeter gutter cleaning is most of what we book in the town and the neighborhoods around the center. Booking a gutter cleaning service works by phone or text: you tell us the number of stories, the rough square footage, whether trees hang over the house or drop twig litter into the gutters, and whether you already have gutter guards. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home, because the crew only works on the gutters and downspouts outside. Our cleaning and maintenance visits book the same way, and each of the cleanings on your calendar runs on the same phone line as the gutter services calendar.
We keep a clean schedule that serves homeowners in the surrounding areas as well, so if your address is close to the town line, ask when you call. Our residential and commercial clients on the same route get the same crew scheduling. Most Exeter homeowners ask to stay on the same calendar each year, which makes the spring and fall dates easy to hold and helps you keep your gutters on track.
If you have been putting off the cleaning, the simplest way to protect your home from water damage is to get your gutters on the calendar before the next storm. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your eaves, and we will confirm the slot and the price in the same message. A clean run is what you want ready when the rain comes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Exeter are priced only from those details, the same way across Exeter, so we never quote a figure without them.
Our Exeter customers book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice can already be sitting at the eave.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside: our crew does not come inside, and sends you 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 until it runs clean and flow-test it so the water runs away from your home. If a buried drain line needs clearing, that is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit from the landscape still settle on top and under the guard. Gutter maintenance does not stop when the guards go on, so we clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
A gutter system that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, or fascia that has started to rot behind it. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you which it is; we will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, and 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.
