Our crew comes out to clean gutters in Maplewood, and we flush every downspout before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Spring visits across New Jersey run late May to June, and our Maplewood fall visits run late October to November, after the leaves come down.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on the number of stories, the square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. A gutter cleaning service estimate for Maplewood homes starts with the stories and the footprint, so a one-story rain gutter run and a three-story run are never priced the same way.
What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. The sloped landscape around a walk-out basement puts the back run higher than it looks from the street. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A full gutter left long enough can end in structural damage, which costs far more than a clean trough.
Most clogged downspouts start as a clog at the lower runs, where leaf and seed buildup settles and drainage stalls. Our crew lifts the packed leaves by hand, flushes the downspout, and stops only when the water runs clean at the outlet. A back run over a walk-out lot, or gutters left unopened for several seasons, usually moves the price up. A photo of the front of the house sent by text helps us confirm the stories before the truck rolls.
Residential and commercial properties both get a quote in one call. Homes are priced from stories and footprint, and commercial properties are quoted per building, so we will tell you on the phone whether a commercial visit fits your schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate, or send us a picture of the front and we will reply with the number.
| 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 homes need two visits a year, in spring and fall: late spring, once the seed and pollen drop finishes, and late fall, after the last leaves come down. Across New Jersey, spring visits run late May to June, and our fall visits run late October to November. When we open a gutter in May it is rarely clean, with seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and in November it is a wet leaf mat that holds water at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, a regular gutter cleaning schedule beats the fall-only plan, because needles, twig and grit pack the downspout and form a clog between visits. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards mean fewer cleanings and less maintenance, but the surface still needs clearing. After the first visit we tell you which schedule keeps the gutter open between visits, based on what we found in the trough and at the eave.
Here the climate brings about 48 inches of rain a year, with June, July and August the wettest months, and about 24 inches of snow, which falls December through March. A trough full of wet leaves can freeze in place, and heavy rainfall in summer pushes water over the front edge. Any blockage in the trough sends rainwater over the edge, and it finds the lower runs first along the roofline. A blocked run left through a winter can sag, and a seam that holds water turns into a leak, so a run kept open through the winter is cheaper than a repair. Call (866) 435-6328 to set a regular schedule, and we will tell you how often to clean your gutters based on what we see at the first visit.
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 cleaning services in Maplewood reach every street in the township from the nearest base. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, using the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over it, plus a photo of the front if that is easy to send. Booking a Maplewood gutter cleaning depends on the season, and the busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, so you are never surprised by the truck.
Every homeowner who books with us gets the same routine: a clean quote, a confirmed date and a photo record of the finished work. If you want a regular schedule, we can hold a slot for each visit so the next cleaning is already on the calendar. A gutter system with gutter guards does not change the process, and the crew will tell you what it found under the guard before it leaves. We also provide gutter services for owners of rental properties in the surrounding areas, including gutters and downspouts, and the same booking steps apply.
The point of the visit is to protect your home from water damage. A clean trough and an open downspout keep water away from your home, and our crew does that one run at a time. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front to get your gutters quoted, and we will keep your gutters working through the next rain.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give a figure in writing without seeing the house, because the same two-story home can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters. The quote you get on the call is the number we charge.
Late spring and late fall are the windows we plan around here: late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and late fall after the leaves come down. Waiting past November on a house with a full leaf load risks a wet mat that can sag the runs by March, and water sitting against the fascia can lead to rot. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
We confirm a date when you call, and the calendar depends on the season and how many jobs are already booked across Maplewood. We do not promise same-day service for that reason. If you need an earlier slot, say so on the call and we will tell you what we can do.
No. The work is all outside, and a photo record of the finished runs goes to your phone so you can check it from work. Leave the side gate unlocked and bring any pets indoors before the ladders go up.
Yes. We flush every downspout, and where the water leaves at the outlet is part of the check. If a downspout runs into a buried drain and the water is not leaving, you hear that first, and any dig is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, but they do not remove it. Fine seed and grit can settle on top of the guard and go soggy, so rain runs off the front edge instead of into the trough. The crew lifts the guard, clears what got under it, and leaves the trough clean.
If the trough was clean when the crew left and water still spills off the front in heavy rainfall, the cause is usually slope, capacity or downspout size. Film it during the next downpour and send it over, and we will tell you which it is. A second visit will not fix a slope problem, so we will not bill you for one.
Only if we have talked about it first. Any change to the job goes back to you by phone or text, and the crew waits for your yes. The quote is the number on the bill.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
