Our own crew cleans gutters for homeowners nearby, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of the whole system before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have finished filling the troughs.
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 gutter system. We quote it 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 per foot, but the length alone does not tell you what the crew will find. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years are packed with compacted buildup that has to be worked out by hand, and a twig or a clog at an elbow adds more time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing 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.
Homes here come in more shapes than one standard job, so the quote follows the house. On one of our jobs in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the crew found leaves and debris packed into the elbows and a sag in the rear rain gutter run that was slowing water flow and pushing it back toward the wall, the kind of setup that leads to structural damage. The work was scoped from the photos and the stories before we arrived, and it came in at the quoted figure. Our crew does not put a price inside a case study, and we will walk you through what we would look for at your house on the phone.
| 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, in late May or June after seed and pollen drop, and in late November or December after the last leaves fall. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In late fall it is the leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. A clog that sits through a winter is how water finds its way in, and a clean trough after the last leaves fall gives the next heavy rainfall somewhere to go. Freeze season here brings ice dams at the eave, which push water back under the shingles, so the fall visit is the one that protects the roofline before the first hard cold.
Heavy tree cover changes the schedule, and good gutter maintenance under big trees means a standing visit, not a once-a-year job. Under big trees, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the rainwater backs up before anyone notices a blockage. A house with few or no trees can usually manage once a year in late fall. If you have guards, the frequency drops, but the surface still needs clearing, so clean your gutters in late fall anyway. Commercial buildings in the area follow a similar pattern, and we service residential properties and commercial properties on the same schedule logic.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. A regular gutter cleaning service is the simplest way to keep water away from your home, and the estimate for your house comes from the same photos we take on the first job. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit: photos before, downspouts flushed, haul-off, and photos after, so you see a clean run every time.
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 handles gutter services across Edgewater and works in the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we keep the schedule tight so the trip stays efficient. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, because each homeowner wants the job done before the seasons change. Want to get your gutters on the schedule? Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to book a date.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our crew does not come inside, so a clear side gate and a note about any pets is all we need. Edgewater gutter cleaning is a repeatable job for us, and the same crew returns to the same houses on the same schedule, which helps us keep the work on gutters and downspouts consistent from visit to visit. Repeat cleanings start from the photos of the first visit. Clean gutters protect your home from water damage, because they move water away from your home and a regular visit keeps the leak risk down over time. Plan to keep your gutters on a regular schedule and the next storm is less of a problem.
Our cleaning services in Edgewater NJ are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing those details. The price we quote is the price we charge, and it covers a clean gutter from the first downspout to the last.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If they wait past the fall visit, we find sagging runs, ice-damaged eaves and fascia that has started to rot by the end of winter in our jobs. Waiting also means heavy rainfall finds a full trough. Regular gutter maintenance in those two windows keeps the number of visits down. Text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which visit makes sense.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless we have an opening that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and keeps the landscape around the house clear, then sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush the whole run and check drainage at the outlet, because clogged downspouts are the usual reason water ends up over the edge. Where a pipe feeds an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, but less often. Under guards we usually find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top and underneath, and once that gets wet the water runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the run and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or 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. On a cleaning and maintenance visit, anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and you agree to it first. The number 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.
