Our own crew cleans your gutters, flushing out every run, testing the flow, and hauling the leaves away. You get photos of every run once the job is clean, before we leave. The price comes from your stories, roof size and tree cover, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our homeowners book in the spring and fall, and we keep those slots filled. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule.
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 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. Companies that price their gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, though the total works out differently on a long run of gutter.
What moves the 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 far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with old buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at the gutter itself. Flushing, checking the water flow and hauling everything away are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs the section that takes the longest is usually the one with a clog at the elbow, often a twig or a wad of leaves and debris packed hard enough to slow the water flow. Clearing those clogged downspouts takes time. Once the elbow is open we clean out the trough and check the drainage before we move on, since that is what keeps water away from the foundation. A blockage like that can hold standing water behind a sag for seasons. Commercial properties and lincoln park homes see the same structural damage when a rain gutter is left alone, which is why we flush every run instead of just the stretch you can see.
| 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 storm season brings nor'easters. On our Lincoln Park NJ jobs most customers book two visits a year, the spring one and a fall one in late October or November, after the last leaves. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and we clean them out before anything else. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs sagging by March after freezing and thawing. Rainfall here averages about 44.9 inches a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall in summer finds every clog. Under heavy tree cover every three to four months keeps a rain gutter from backing up, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough.
Every visit comes down to the same question: does the rainwater reach the outlet and drain out the bottom? A clog in the trough or a blockage at a bend shows up as water spilling over the edge of the roofline in rain, and a small leak at a seam means water is already getting behind the gutter. We find it, clean it out, and check the flow so you are not guessing about the next storm. Gutter cleaning service on a regular schedule catches the problem while it is still a few handfuls of debris rather than a sag that needs a new bracket.
After the first visit we give you an estimate of how often your lot actually needs regular gutter cleaning, and we put that in writing. A homeowner does not have to commit to a calendar they did not pick.
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.
Lincoln Park gutter cleaning is most of what we do, and our crew covers the surrounding areas too. The quote comes from you by phone or text. Tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will tell you what it takes to protect your home from water damage. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a date. The lead time shows on the booking page, and we call before we come, so nobody needs to be home. Debris removal is part of every booking.
The two busy windows for cleanings are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months and you will keep your preferred day, so get your gutters on the calendar before the rush. We cover residential and commercial properties both, and residential properties get the same photo report as any other job. Our gutter services check gutters and downspouts together, so a clear run does not hide a blocked outlet. Scheduled cleaning and maintenance can keep your gutters clear all season, and a visit after heavy rainfall catches a run that is starting to leak before it reaches the fascia.
The estimate comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details. Once we have them, the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Across Lincoln Park, most of our customers book a late spring visit and a late fall visit. If the fall visit gets skipped, we often find sagging runs by March from freezing and wet leaves. Across New Jersey, the late fall visit matters most, because that is when the wet leaves land.
Our crew is one of the cleaning services in Lincoln Park that books by phone. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the earliest date on the calendar. Same-day availability depends on that day's route, so ask when you call.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only. The crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run and outlet 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 that water is leaving at the bottom and running away from your home instead of pooling in the landscape. Where a run feeds an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not getting away. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seed casings or grit that settle on top. On our jobs we treat the whole gutter system as one job: we lift the panels, clean out what sits underneath, flush the runs and reseat the guards. Gutter maintenance on guarded gutters is less frequent, but it does not stop.
If the gutter is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or pipe size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water left spilling at the edge can rot the fascia, so we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we stop and tell you before we go further, and you agree before the work continues.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
