Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Lyndhurst, and we flush every downspout, flow-test the runs and haul the leaves and debris away. We photograph every run before we leave, and the ground is left clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Lyndhurst customers book in late May and again in November, and we have been on these houses through the spring seed drop and the autumn leaf fall ever since.
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 sitting in the gutters. We give the price over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a real house the length alone rarely tells the story, which is why we ask about the storeys and the pitch first.
On our jobs the price moves for a handful of reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run sits well above where it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted debris, and that takes longer than a light fall of leaves. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, water flow testing and debris removal, which covers the leaves and debris in the trough, are included in the number and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what the crew finds in Lyndhurst homes most often. Seeds and seed casings pack into the elbows in spring, and the leaf mat sits wet in the trough by November. Most of these overflows start at clogged downspouts rather than the trough, because poor drainage at the outlet sends the water the wrong way out. One clog at a bend is enough to back the water up over the front edge. Where a run has been left to sag, water soaks the fascia and the wood starts to rot, and that structural damage is worth catching before a storm does it for you. Clearing early carries water away from your home and keeps rainwater out of the wall behind the trough. A rain gutter is only as good as its outlet, so a clean trough and a flowing outlet are what the crew checks for.
On a recent Lyndhurst job the house had three stories on the back run and heavy tree cover over the eave, and the price moved up once we saw the compacted leaves in the trough. Nothing else changed after we were up there. If your gutters have not been cleaned in a while, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate by the next business day.
| 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.
Plan a spring and fall visit. Across New Jersey, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit runs from November to early December, after the last leaves come down so the gutters go into winter clean. In late spring a buildup of seeds and pollen paste at the elbows becomes a clog. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sagged under the weight of the first ice by March. Freeze and thaw cycles push rainwater up under the first course of shingles, a leak at a seam shows up as a ceiling stain, and the ice dams that form at the eave are the clearest sign that the trough was full when the cold arrived.
Under heavy tree cover, we see residential and commercial customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the outlets between visits. Sticking to regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the outlet from clogging before the next visit. Houses with few or no trees need a single visit each year in late fall, and if that is your schedule, clean your gutters before the leaves come down. Gutter guards change the work but do not remove it, so the gutter system still gets cleared on the same schedule. Lyndhurst averages 46.3 inches of precipitation a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall tests every run in the season. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit alone is reason to come back sooner, and it washes into the landscape beds below the outlets.
When the crew opens a gutter in Lyndhurst NJ in May, we know within a few minutes whether the spring visit was enough for that house. We check the blockage at the outlet, the flow at the elbows and the buildup in the trough, and we write it down. Once the runs are clean, the crew flow-tests each outlet. On one visit, cleaning and maintenance go together, so the crew checks the seams and hangers while it clears the trough. Pull up the roofline on the photo we send you and you can see what we saw. After the first visit we give you an estimate for the tier your lot actually needs, and your gutter maintenance is set by that tier, so you are not paying for a schedule the house does not require.
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 covers lyndhurst nj, working from the nearest base across lyndhurst and surrounding areas, and we book the homes on the list in the order the calls come in. Here is the gutter cleaning process from first call to photos. Our cleanings start with a call or a text: give us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees overhang the eave, and send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy. We will give you a quote from those details and tell you what the next available slot looks like. Lead times run longer in the two busy windows of the year, when our calendar fills, so it helps to call early. Booking lyndhurst gutter cleaning takes one call to (866) 435-6328, and that is the quickest way to get your gutters on the schedule.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works outside and does not come inside. Every homeowner gets photos of every run before the truck leaves. We work on residential properties and commercial properties, and the flush-and-photo routine is the same for both. If the gutters have not been cleaned in a while, booking early in the season keeps water away from the foundation before the wet months arrive. Getting in early is the easiest way to keep your gutters running clean. A clean run is how you protect your home from water damage, and that is the reason to schedule the visit rather than wait for the first overflow after a storm. Ask about our gutter services when you call, and we will price the whole job at once.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not guess from the street. Once we know the storeys and the square footage, the price is the number you pay.
Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit runs from November to early December. If you wait until the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat and any ice at the eave will already be doing damage, and a soaked fascia can start to rot.
Same-day slots depend on how the calendar falls that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The crew works outside, 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 and flow-test every run, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a line runs underground and is blocked, we tell you and price clearing it separately, because that is a different job and we will not start it without your go-ahead.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and the surface still has to be cleared. The job is usually shorter under guards, and we lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the outlets and reseat them.
If a clean gutter still runs over in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not debris. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
No. The price you hear on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before anyone starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
