Our own crew handles Kearny gutter cleaning from start to finish, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Homeowners here book us in spring and fall, when the seed drop and the last leaves have come down. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number on the phone is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote by phone.
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, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. We price our gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is added up.
What moves a quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear the run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and every bag is hauled away from your home. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our local work the most common surprise is a clogged downspout that starts behind a single elbow and has backed the water up into the trough, which turns a simple clean into a longer visit. When we open a run like that we clean out the blockage, flush the line and check the drainage and water flow at the outlet, because a clean run that still backs up is not finished. Houses among the older residential properties around the city often have a sag in one run that holds water and throws off the whole gutter system, which turns a light cleaning into a heavier one, and we tell you about it when we find it. Whether the house is a single family or part of a row, the crew checks each run the same way.
Our crew also does residential and commercial work, and commercial properties across the area get the same approach as the houses, so it carries over to kearny homes and to the larger jobs. A regular gutter cleaning schedule keeps the buildup small enough that a visit is quick. Waiting for a clog is the costly way to do it. A clear run carries the water away from your home, so clean your gutters on a schedule and the clog never gets the chance to cause water damage later.
| 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.
On our Kearny NJ jobs most customers book twice a year: a spring visit after the seed and pollen drop, and a fall visit in November to early December, once the last leaves are down. Across New Jersey the spring visits run late May to June. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaves and debris matted in the trough, and where a house skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag by early spring. That visit helps protect your home from water damage over the winter, which is the main reason to book it.
Under heavy tree cover, or where the landscape runs right up to the foundation, we see gutters on a schedule of every three to four months, since needles, a twig or two, and grit pack the downspout elbows quickly between visits. With few or no trees around the roofline, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards do not remove the need for cleaning; the surface still has to be cleared, but less often. The wettest months here are June, July and December, so any gutter that spills rainwater over the edge in heavy rainfall should be checked sooner rather than later.
Our crew works across New Jersey and the surrounding areas on the same schedule logic, so the visit timing you see here matches the other houses we clean in the state. After the first visit we tell you which of those intervals your lot actually needs, and we keep the photos so you can compare from one season to the next. Between visits, a quick look from the ground helps keep your gutters and drains in the same condition, which is how we keep the flush every downspout step from becoming a bigger job later.
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 covers Kearny as a whole. Our gutter services reach single family houses and smaller multi-unit buildings. Every homeowner gets the same estimate process and the same cleaning and maintenance standard, whatever the house. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the next open date when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and late fall, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside, the ladders are set up with stand-offs so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and photos of every run arrive on your phone when we finish. If you have a question about the gutter cleaning process before you book, text a photo of the roofline or any leak you can see at the edge, and we will tell you what we see and how we would approach it. The same booking runs whether it is one of the first cleanings for a house or a repeat gutter maintenance visit for a home you have had us on before. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure on a page; we quote the house you have, using the same method across Kearny.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the fall leaf load can freeze into the runs, and on those houses we often find sag by March.
We confirm the next open date when you call, and our cleaning services in Kearny run on the calendar. Most slots come up within the week, and we do not promise same-day unless the calendar has one open.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run to your phone before we leave.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and the water is watched at the outlet, and clogged downspouts are worked from the top where they can be reached. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and mat when they get wet. On our jobs the guarded gutters need less work, but a clean still has to reach the surface.
If a clean rain gutter still spills water over its front edge, it is usually a slope or downspout size problem and not debris, and left alone that spill can rot the fascia and cause structural damage. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we will not sell a second cleaning for it.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the number you were quoted.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
