Our crew cleans the whole gutter system on your house, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book in late May and again in late fall, and that is the window we keep open for them.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is 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. A homeowner gets that number before the crew climbs anything. Commercial properties get the same three questions before we quote them. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but on our jobs the stories and the access matter more than the footage alone.
What moves a quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once it is on the ladder. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a buildup of leaves and debris, and a clog that has sat for a season takes more time to clear than a fresh one. A clean run with nothing packed in it goes quickly. Lifting and reseating guards on the gutter system adds a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the Elizabeth homes we clean, homes with the same footprint can quote differently, because the back run on one may sit over a landscape bed while the other has a driveway. We look at the water flow once it leaves the gutter, and where it goes after that, including whether a downspout is dumping onto the grade and sending water back toward the foundation. Clogged downspouts are one reason, and drainage that stalls at the outlet is the first thing we check. A rain gutter that drains properly keeps rainwater away from your home, off the walls and out of the soil around the footing, because water that sits against the foundation is how structural damage starts. A leak at a joint costs little to seal when it is caught early, and a fascia board that rots is a much bigger job, so we photograph every sag or split during the visit and put it in the report; the crew does not sell repairs on the ladder.
| 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, spring and fall, once after the seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves are down. Residential and commercial gutters follow the same two visits. Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit runs from November into early December. When we open a clean gutter here in May we find seeds packed into the downspout elbows and pollen paste in the trough. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and debris removal is part of every visit so that mat leaves with the crew. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have found runs sagging by March after the first freezes, with ice at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover we see a different schedule. Needles and grit from the landscape pack the downspout elbows between visits, so those lots go on regular gutter cleaning every three to four months. Few or no trees, and a once-a-year cleaning in late fall is usually enough. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, though less often than open ones. A clog that starts small in one run can back rainwater over the edge within a single heavy rainfall, and a blockage at the roofline shows up first in the run directly below it. June, July and August are the wettest months here, with about 46.6 inches of precipitation a year. That is why the calendar matters more than the number of visits.
After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters, based on what we found in the gutters and under the trees rather than a general schedule. Ask for an estimate when you call, and we give you the number before the first visit is booked. When you book a gutter cleaning service with us in Elizabeth NJ, that first visit sets the calendar.
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 works from the nearest base and serves residential streets, and the neighborhoods are listed on our job pages as each one comes up. Our cleaning services in Elizabeth reach residential properties, and Elizabeth gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and how much tree cover is over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Homeowners get the number before any ladder goes up, and the lead time on a slot is shown when you call. The two busy windows are late May through June and November, when our calendar fills, so the sooner you call in those months, the better your chance to get your gutters done on the date you want. Calls about commercial properties start with the same questions, and so do buildings that are residential and commercial, so tell us what kind of building it is when you call.
Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328, and our gutter services cover the gutters and downspouts on the whole run, and we flush every downspout before we leave. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Calling ahead keeps the gate open and the cars off the driveway, and lets the crew confirm the stories before the ladder goes up. A twig wedged in an elbow is one of the first things the crew clears. If you have gutter guards, tell us on the call so the crew plans for lifting and reseating them. If a gutter that has just been cleaned still overflows in heavy rain or shows a leak at a seam, send us a short video and we will tell you whether it is a clog or a slope problem, because water that spills over the edge lands on the soil and the surrounding areas beside the house. Most homes we see need two cleanings a year, and the ones under heavy tree cover need more. Booking now is how you keep your gutters working through the next storm, and it is how you protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from your stories and your square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those two things. Once we have them, the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers across Elizabeth book in spring and fall, in late May or June and again in November. Regular gutter maintenance keeps that schedule simple. If you wait past the fall window in a freeze-risk city like this one, we find the wet leaf mat and, by March, runs that have sagged under ice. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will help you get your gutters on the calendar.
Same-day depends on the day and our calendar at that point. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We will not promise a slot we cannot keep.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside: our crew 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, we flush every downspout and check the outlet, including where it drains at grade, and the water should run clean at the bottom. If a line runs underground we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Under guards on our jobs we find seed casings and needles threaded through the mesh, and the mats they form on top still need clearing, so the gutter system still gets a flush at each outlet.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in heavy rainfall usually has a slope or downspout-size problem rather than debris. Send us a photo or 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, and water that pools on the landscape or rots the fascia gets flagged in the report, not sold on the ladder.
It should not. The quote covers the cleaning and maintenance visit for the stories, size and tree cover we discussed on the phone. Clean gutters move rainwater away from your home, and that is what the visit is for. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
