Our own crew cleans gutters in Hopatcong, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, haul-away included, 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 on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Hopatcong customers book in spring and fall, and we have been up on these houses through both seasons. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote before we book.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for a gutter cleaning service depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. We give the 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 you do the arithmetic, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and debris that has to be worked loose by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Hopatcong homes the quotes that surprise people are usually the ones with a clog in the back run that nobody saw from the driveway. A run with clogged downspouts at the bottom usually means the blockage is higher up, and that is where the crew goes first. We clear the trough, flush the downspout, and check drainage at the outlet, so the water actually leaves the house instead of sitting in the gutter and running behind the fascia. A gutter system with real sag or buildup at the joints costs more to bring back under control than one that is simply full of leaves, and we tell you which one you have. If the house shows structural damage or fascia rot from long-standing water, we photograph it and put it in the report rather than selling you anything on the ladder. Gutter cleaning services should keep water away from your home, and the quote should reflect the work it takes to do that.
| 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.
Across New Jersey the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out of every run along the roofline, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs by March that have sagged under the weight of ice. In Hopatcong NJ the wettest months are June, August and October, and heavy rainfall finds a clogged rain gutter within one storm.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough, and it is a good time to clean your gutters once the last leaves are down. Guards, which we clean around rather than install, need fewer cleanings, but the surface still gets cleared. Fast-moving water at a clog is a clog waiting to become a leak, so a rainwater backup in a gutter is worth a call before spring. If the landscape slopes toward the foundation, runoff from the beds has nowhere else to go, so we look at the ground too.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, and we put the next visit on the calendar before the truck leaves. The schedule follows how much the gutters collect, and debris removal is part of every visit. Both residential properties and commercial buildings follow the same logic. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the gutters to book a date.
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 across Hopatcong and covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Every Hopatcong gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm a date when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the easier it is to get the day you want. Call (866) 435-6328 to start the gutter cleaning process.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. A Hopatcong homeowner who wants to protect their home from water damage gets the most out of a regular gutter cleaning, because it is the simplest way to keep the gutters and downspouts moving. On every visit we clean the trough first and flush the downspout after. We also clean gutter guards on request and keep your gutters clear of the buildup that makes them overflow. If you have a leak or a clogged downspout between visits, call and we will tell you what we can see from the ground before we book a crew up the ladder. Our gutter services stay focused on the cleaning itself, and we would rather do one thing well than offer a list we do not need to sell.
Our cleaning services in Hopatcong are priced from stories and size, and we give you the number by phone or text before we book. It is the number on the invoice, with flushing and haul-off included.
Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November, and those are the right windows for gutter maintenance here. If the fall visit gets skipped, we find sagging runs and ice-stressed brackets by March on the houses we open later in the season.
Most slots come up within the week. When you call we confirm the earliest date we have, and you can get your gutters on the calendar right then.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and the yard is left as clean as we found it. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we will send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check water flow at the outlet. A buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Leaves and needles sit on top of a guard and grit settles underneath, so the surface and the outlet still need clearing even when the guard is doing its job. Keeping up cleaning and maintenance on a guarded system is shorter than on an open one, but it is not zero.
If a gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in the rain, the cause is usually slope or downspout size, not leaves. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Only if they find something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree before work starts. 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.
