Our own crew cleans gutters in Salem NH, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the bagged leaves hauled away, the ground left clean, and photos of every run before we leave. 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. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote. Most of our Salem customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep the calendar open for those windows every year.
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 it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Salem homeowners and owners of residential properties get the same quote process, because our gutter cleaning services are priced by the house rather than by the foot. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per run, but the total still depends on how the house is built.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk safely, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get in. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Every gutter cleaning service call is quoted before the crew sets a ladder. Our crew handles residential and commercial buildings the same way, and commercial properties are quoted from stories and roof run. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. Once you agree, we clean every run from the top down.
Our Salem jobs show how this plays out. On one recent visit, the gutter on a two-story home had a clog that had sat long enough to start a sag, and the crew found the buildup had packed the downspout well past the elbow. That visit took more time than a routine clean, and the quote reflected it from the start. Mature tree cover around Salem homes tends to bring more leaves and debris into the trough, and we plan for that when we talk to you about the house. A rain gutter that has sagged slows the water flow, and when clogged downspouts push it back up under the shingles, fascia rot can set in and turn a small problem into structural damage. The job is to carry water away from the house, and that is what the crew checks on every run. Where a downspout feeds an underground drainage line, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before anyone touches it.
| 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 Salem 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 are down. Across New Hampshire, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and in Salem the fall visit lands in late October to November. The reason is simple. In spring the seed casings and pollen paste pack the elbows. In fall the wet leaf mat becomes a blockage along the roofline that holds rainwater in the trough all through the rainy season, and once it freezes it turns into an ice dam at the eave. Regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to break that cycle, and a clean trough in spring makes the fall visit faster.
On our jobs in Salem, when we open and clean a gutter in the fall we find a leaf mat that has been wet for weeks, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. A clog that sits through a wet fall is how that starts, and heavy rainfall makes it worse. Under heavy tree cover, our customers are on a three-to-four-month schedule, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road or active construction, the schedule tightens for the same reason: the grit settles faster than the leaves do.
Guards change the timing but not the need. A gutter system with guards still needs a visit, because a guarded gutter collects surface litter on top of the screen. The visit is shorter and less frequent, but the debris removal still has to happen, and we clean the trough under the guard before we reseat it. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, based on what we find in the gutters and under the trees. Keep to that schedule and you rarely need to clean your gutters between visits.
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 worked across Salem, and Salem gutter cleaning fills the same two windows most years: late spring and late fall. When you call, we quote the job from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front by text helps us plan the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule, and we give you the next open date. We confirm the date with you, then call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the next open date when you call rather than guessing. If you are booking for a busy window, it helps to call earlier in the season. Our gutter services run as a regular route, so the crew covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base and the visit is scheduled as part of that route rather than a special trip. Where a downspout empties onto the landscape, we check that the water runs away from the house before we leave. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit: we confirm the date, we clean every run and treat the gutters and downspouts as one system, we flush every downspout, and we send the invoice that matches the quote. Every visit ends with photos of every run and downspout on your phone, and any issue we spot outside gutters is photographed and reported.
A homeowner who keeps the schedule usually catches a small leak at a seam before it reaches the foundation or the fascia, and that keeps water away from your home. The point of the regular visit is to protect your home from water damage, not to wait for an overflow. Think of it as cleaning and maintenance, not a repair, and expect a clean run after every visit. Call (866) 435-6328 and we get you on the list before the next wet spell.
For cleaning services in Salem, we give the number by phone or text once we know the stories, the house size and what is sitting in the gutters. Those three things set most of the price, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Across New Hampshire, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and in Salem the fall visit lands in late October to November. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can already have caused sagging and fascia rot by March.
Same-day depends on the week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, 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, every downspout is flushed and checked at the outlet, and we clean out the trough above it first. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we still find surface litter and buildup in the trough and the downspouts. The visit is shorter, but a clean gutter under guards still needs gutter maintenance.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it before work 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.
