Our own crew cleans gutters for Mount Olive homeowners, flushing every downspout, testing the flow, hauling the leaves away and sending you 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across New Jersey most of our customers book in spring and fall, the two times a year the buildup is worst.
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 in the gutters when we clean them. 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 sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the stories and the buildup packed in the troughs decide the number far more than the length of the run.
On our jobs, four things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot that raises the effective height of the upper edge. Gutters that nobody has opened in years, packed with leaves and debris that have to be dug out by hand. Guards that we have to lift and reseat before the trough can be reached. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the number and are never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Mount Olive homes with heavy tree cover tend to carry the most leaves and grit, so the clog builds fastest there. On one of our Mount Olive jobs the house had two stories and a canopy over the back run, and what we found was clogged downspouts packed with seed casings and a sag in the rain gutter where water had been standing. The quote went up for the second pass through the back run and was explained on the phone before we arrived. Before we clean anything, the crew checks the water flow and drainage at each outlet, because a gutter system that drains well keeps water away from the foundation and out of the structural damage that follows neglect. Residential and commercial properties get the same flow check, quoted per building. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text and we will tell you what the job looks like before the call ends.
| 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 of our Mount Olive customers book spring and fall, in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in fall after the last leaves come down. Across New Jersey, spring visits run late May to June, and when we open a gutter then we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. When we open one in November we find a wet leaf mat that has been sitting since October. On houses that skipped the fall visit, the runs that sag or pull loose by March are the ones that were full of ice all winter.
Under heavy tree cover, where the branches reach over the roofline, our customers are on a visit every three to four months, because a twig, grit and seed casings can pack the outlets between visits and form a blockage, and a single season is too long for them to hold. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is enough on most residential properties. The same schedule suits residential and commercial buildings alike. Gutters with guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a guard that sits on a mat of leaves stops the water from getting in at all.
Schedule your gutter cleaning service early, before the calendar fills, and ask about a visit before the first hard freeze. Regular gutter cleaning and maintenance keeps rainwater running away from the house instead of over the edge, and it matters most when heavy rainfall hits in June, July and September, the wettest months here. When you clean your gutters on a schedule, each visit is a short check that catches a clog before it becomes an overflow, and an estimate for the next pass is written on the report. Each visit includes debris removal. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so the schedule matches the house instead of a general rule. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar.
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 gutter services cover Mount Olive and the surrounding areas from a base the crew reaches quickly, and we have worked on the heavily wooded lots and the open ones alike, including homes with gutter guards. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We flush every downspout and quote from the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and we say the number before you commit. Expect the call to take a few minutes, and expect us to confirm a date once we know the lot. Our calendar fills in the busy windows, late May and late October, so the sooner you call, the easier the slot is to get.
Every homeowner gets the same quote and the same check, and we also look for a leak at each joint while we are up there. Most homes need two cleanings a year, one in spring and one in fall. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit because the work is done outside. Keep your gutters clean through the wet season and you protect your home from water damage at the foundation and the eave. Mount Olive gutter cleaning is the simplest way to keep water moving away from your home, and a clean system keeps your gutters and downspouts working without a surprise.
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 quote a figure without those details, because the same two-story house can take a very different amount of work depending on what is packed in the troughs.
Our customers in Mount Olive NJ book in late spring and again in late fall. Your landscape sets the timing, since a yard under heavy tree cover fills faster than an open one. Waiting too long means the seed and pollen load in spring or the wet leaf mat in fall has already packed the outlets, and when heavy rainfall hits, the trough overflows onto the fascia and starts to rot. In a freezing winter the trapped water turns to ice at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week across Mount Olive, and we confirm a date when you call. Our cleaning services in Mount Olive are booked by date, and we do not promise same-day service unless we have an opening that day.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a line drains into an underground system, we check the outlet and tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts it. A flushed downspout carries the water away from your home.
Yes. On our jobs we find twigs threaded through the guard and seed casings and grit sitting on top of it, and once that mat is wet the rain runs over it and off the front edge. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, so the cleaning and maintenance visits come less often, but they do not end it. We lift the guard, clean underneath and reseat it.
A gutter system that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, which tells us what to look at when you get your gutters checked. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process starts with the quote and ends with the invoice, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we give you 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.
